[CentOS] upgrade perl 5.8.0 -> 5.8.1

Hello List,

I have a few intel centos 3.9 boxes with perl-5.8.0-94.EL3 installed.
This seems like a very early version of 5.8 perl.
centos 4.6 has 5.8.1.
Would it be sensible to just upgrade to this rpm? I want a stable platform
for cgi. I suppose I could just try it, but these boxes are under a form
of change control and I think I should ask for advice before going that
route.
Many thanks for any advice,

Tony