diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux-libuuid_2.37.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux-libuuid_2.38.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux-libuuid_2.37.4.bb
rename to meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux-libuuid_2.38.bb
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index 982ec669a2..c9bddfb7a6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/util-linux/v${MAJOR_VERSION}/util-lin
            file://avoid_parallel_tests.patch \
            "
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "634e6916ad913366c3536b6468e7844769549b99a7b2bf80314de78ab5655b83"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6d111cbe4d55b336db2f1fbeffbc65b89908704c01136371d32aa9bec373eb64"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/run-ptest
index 3a910be121..097107cd09 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux/run-ptest
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ current_path=$(readlink -f $0)
 export bindir=$(dirname $current_path)
 export PATH=$bindir/bin:$PATH
 
+# losetup tests will be skipped and/or fail otherwise
+modprobe loop
+
 ./tests/run.sh --use-system-commands --parsable --show-diff | sed -u '{
       s/^\(.*\):\(.*\) \.\.\. OK$/PASS: \1:\2/                              
       s/^\(.*\):\(.*\) \.\.\. FAILED \(.*\)$/FAIL: \1:\2 \3/                
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.37.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.bb
similarity index 99%
rename from meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.37.4.bb
rename to meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.bb
index b39020884f..8a7b47a0c6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.37.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.bb
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ RPROVIDES:${PN}-dev = "${PN}-libblkid-dev ${PN}-libmount-dev"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-bash-completion += "${PN}-lsblk"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash bc btrfs-tools coreutils e2fsprogs findutils grep iproute2 kmod mdadm procps sed socat which xz"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-ptest += "kernel-module-scsi-debug kernel-module-sd-mod kernel-module-loop"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-ptest += "kernel-module-scsi-debug kernel-module-sd-mod kernel-module-loop kernel-module-algif-hash"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-swaponoff = "${PN}-swapon ${PN}-swapoff"
 ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-swaponoff = "1"