diff --git a/shells/bash/Makefile b/shells/bash/Makefile
index 31f145bd6..4f894819a 100644
--- a/shells/bash/Makefile
+++ b/shells/bash/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT=	GNU Bourne Again Shell
 
-DISTNAME=	bash-5.2.21
-PKGNAME=	bash-5.2.26
+DISTNAME=	bash-5.2.37
 CATEGORIES=	shells
 HOMEPAGE=	https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
 SITES=		${SITE_GNU:=bash/}
 SITES.p=	${SITE_GNU:=bash/bash-5.2-patches/}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	bash
-.for i in 022 023 024 025 026
+.for i in
 PATCHFILES.p +=	bash52-$i
 .endfor
 
diff --git a/shells/bash/distinfo b/shells/bash/distinfo
index 34d5ba607..4a7c85c6e 100644
--- a/shells/bash/distinfo
+++ b/shells/bash/distinfo
@@ -1,12 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (bash/bash-5.2.21.tar.gz) = yOMb3Fm2mq/8WzZQmQW6Ply7EnRwkdJ7S5d/B4Vg1bg=
-SHA256 (bash/bash52-022) = eLUjCklZTsMIEectzQ9W0QiXEOx4KGIQItCFB6pX5HA=
-SHA256 (bash/bash52-023) = r5BVAuIQbIUQuiCFqitW5kgw/A/fbuZ+u0WawRaW3NM=
-SHA256 (bash/bash52-024) = lxU0SQEX6wXZfX/YH1+dja+Se01YEjGET/rkhWUbAsM=
-SHA256 (bash/bash52-025) = UTj0h+fPcaYyPcgdIkGZBvFTW4mDXML/aIR+GjVhMHU=
-SHA256 (bash/bash52-026) = lu4fVJqgtTBSHja9wLp2YWAs+u5An3AjysdE3UKFLqw=
-SIZE (bash/bash-5.2.21.tar.gz) = 10952391
-SIZE (bash/bash52-022) = 1305
-SIZE (bash/bash52-023) = 1817
-SIZE (bash/bash52-024) = 2298
-SIZE (bash/bash52-025) = 1454
-SIZE (bash/bash52-026) = 1372
+SHA256 (bash/bash-5.2.37.tar.gz) = lZmyLs0dV4etfTt78MWfMSszltHigRdd0fikAU2mIf8=
+SIZE (bash/bash-5.2.37.tar.gz) = 11128314
diff --git a/shells/bash/patches/patch-configure b/shells/bash/patches/patch-configure
index b1f708c60..dea3a4981 100644
--- a/shells/bash/patches/patch-configure
+++ b/shells/bash/patches/patch-configure
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 Index: configure
 --- configure.orig
 +++ configure
+@@ -12289,7 +12289,7 @@ else $as_nop
+   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes
+ then :
+               case "$host_os" in
+-              openbsd*) gt_cv_locale_fake="guessing yes" ;;
++              openbsd*|secbsd*) gt_cv_locale_fake="guessing yes" ;;
+               *)        gt_cv_locale_fake="guessing no" ;;
+             esac
+ 
+@@ -21728,7 +21728,7 @@ linux*)		LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic		 # allow dynamic loa
+ 		*)	printf "%s\n" "#define PGRP_PIPE 1" >>confdefs.h
+  ;;
+ 		esac ;;
+-netbsd*|openbsd*)	LOCAL_CFLAGS="-DDEV_FD_STAT_BROKEN" ;;
++netbsd*|openbsd*|secbsd*)	LOCAL_CFLAGS="-DDEV_FD_STAT_BROKEN" ;;
+ freebsd*|midnightbsd*)	LOCAL_CFLAGS='-DHEREDOC_PIPESIZE=4096' ;;
+ *qnx[67]*)	LOCAL_LIBS="-lncurses" ;;
+ *qnx*)		LOCAL_CFLAGS="-Dqnx -F -3s" LOCAL_LDFLAGS="-3s" LOCAL_LIBS="-lunix -lncurses" ;;
 @@ -21753,6 +21753,7 @@ freebsd[3-9]*)
  		fi ;;
  freebsdelf*)	LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic ;;	# allow dynamic loading
  dragonfly*)	LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic ;;	# allow dynamic loading
-+openbsd*)	LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic ;;	# allow dynamic loading
++openbsd*|secbsd*)	LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic ;;	# allow dynamic loading
  midnightbsd*)	LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic ;;	# allow dynamic loading
  esac