diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 29df9130..4ba2fe45 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 /.gitattributes export-ignore
 /.gitignore export-ignore
-/error_reporting.ini export-ignore
 /make-release.sh export-ignore
 /phpunit.sh export-ignore
 /phpunit.xml export-ignore
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b9989a8..89d76e56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.1.38] - 2021-01-08
+
+### Fixed
+- Smarty::SMARTY_VERSION wasn't updated https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/628
+
+## [3.1.37] - 2021-01-07
+
 ### Changed
 - Switch CI from Travis to Github CI
 - Updated unit tests to avoid skipped and risky test warnings
@@ -26,6 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 - PHP5.3 compatibility fixes
+- Brought lexer source functionally up-to-date with compiled version
 
 ## [3.1.36] - 2020-04-14
 
diff --git a/error_reporting.ini b/error_reporting.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 496bbf5c..00000000
--- a/error_reporting.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y b/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
index b8c00e5d..c6890642 100644
--- a/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
+++ b/lexer/smarty_internal_templateparser.y
@@ -249,7 +249,13 @@ template       ::= template PHP(B). {
 
                       // template text
 template       ::= template  TEXT(B). {
-         $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, $this->compiler->processText(B));
+         $text = $this->yystack[ $this->yyidx + 0 ]->minor;
+
+         if ((string)$text == '') {
+            $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, null);
+         }
+
+         $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, new Smarty_Internal_ParseTree_Text($text, $this->strip));
 }
                       // strip on
 template       ::= template  STRIPON. {
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ smartytag(A)::= SIMPLETAG(B). {
     $tag = trim(substr(B, $this->compiler->getLdelLength(), -$this->compiler->getRdelLength()));
     if ($tag == 'strip') {
         $this->strip = true;
-        A = null;;
+        A = null;
     } else {
         if (defined($tag)) {
             if ($this->security) {
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 30a0a140..6564be6d 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
  * @author    Uwe Tews   <uwe dot tews at gmail dot com>
  * @author    Rodney Rehm
  * @package   Smarty
- * @version   3.1.36
  */
 /**
  * set SMARTY_DIR to absolute path to Smarty library files.
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.36';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.38';
     /**
      * define variable scopes
      */
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_config_file_compiler.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_config_file_compiler.php
index a842fa8f..90c5dcef 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_config_file_compiler.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_config_file_compiler.php
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Config_File_Compiler
             $this->smarty->_debug->start_compile($this->template);
         }
         // init the lexer/parser to compile the config file
-        /* @var Smarty_Internal_ConfigFileLexer $this ->lex */
+        /* @var Smarty_Internal_ConfigFileLexer $this->lex */
         $this->lex = new $this->lexer_class(
             str_replace(
                 array(
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Config_File_Compiler
             ) . "\n",
             $this
         );
-        /* @var Smarty_Internal_ConfigFileParser $this ->parser */
+        /* @var Smarty_Internal_ConfigFileParser $this->parser */
         $this->parser = new $this->parser_class($this->lex, $this);
         if (function_exists('mb_internal_encoding')
             && function_exists('ini_get')
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/ValueTests/Variables/Stream/StreamVariableTest.php b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/ValueTests/Variables/Stream/StreamVariableTest.php
index 09e31373..e49d6205 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/ValueTests/Variables/Stream/StreamVariableTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/ValueTests/Variables/Stream/StreamVariableTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class StreamVariableTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
         }
     */
     /**
-     * test no existant stream variable
+     * test no existent stream variable
      */
     //    public function testStreamVariable2()
     //    {