diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/config.bfd b/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/config.bfd
index 3ff5b24b8a4..89a157f4cd1 100644
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/config.bfd
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/config.bfd
@@ -1375,6 +1375,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
   vax-*-netbsdelf*)
     targ_defvec=vax_elf32_vec
     targ_selvecs="vax_aout_nbsd_vec vax_aout_1knbsd_vec"
+    want64=true
     ;;
 
   vax-*-netbsdaout* | vax-*-netbsd*)
diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd.h b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd.h
index 51a7b3b9f30..b4d0be9c40b 100644
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd.h
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* The word size used by BFD on the host.  This may be 64 with a 32
    bit target if the host is 64 bit, or if other 64 bit targets have
    been selected with --enable-targets, or if --enable-64-bit-bfd.  */
-#define BFD_ARCH_SIZE 32
+#define BFD_ARCH_SIZE 64
 
 /* The word size of the default bfd target.  */
 #define BFD_DEFAULT_TARGET_SIZE 32
diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd_stdint.h b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd_stdint.h
index de385913832..31586d109f2 100644
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd_stdint.h
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/bfd_stdint.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* Generated from: NetBSD: mknative-binutils,v 1.13 2020/04/04 01:34:53 christos Exp  */
 /* Generated from: NetBSD: mknative.common,v 1.16 2018/04/15 15:13:37 christos Exp  */
 
-/* generated for  vax--netbsdelf-gcc (NetBSD nb1 20210411) 10.3.0 */
+/* generated for  vax--netbsdelf-gcc (NetBSD nb3 20231008) 10.5.0 */
 
 #ifndef GCC_GENERATED_STDINT_H
 #define GCC_GENERATED_STDINT_H 1
diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/defs.mk b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/defs.mk
index f178f594583..d3567a1ac3e 100644
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/defs.mk
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/lib/libbfd/arch/vax/defs.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Generated from: NetBSD: mknative-binutils,v 1.13 2020/04/04 01:34:53 christos Exp 
 # Generated from: NetBSD: mknative.common,v 1.16 2018/04/15 15:13:37 christos Exp 
 #
-G_libbfd_la_DEPENDENCIES=elf32-vax.lo elf32.lo elf.lo elflink.lo elf-attrs.lo elf-strtab.lo elf-eh-frame.lo dwarf1.lo dwarf2.lo vaxnetbsd.lo aout32.lo vax1knetbsd.lo elf32-gen.lo plugin.lo cpu-vax.lo netbsd-core.lo ofiles
+G_libbfd_la_DEPENDENCIES=elf32-vax.lo elf32.lo elf.lo elflink.lo elf-attrs.lo elf-strtab.lo elf-eh-frame.lo dwarf1.lo dwarf2.lo vaxnetbsd.lo aout32.lo vax1knetbsd.lo elf32-gen.lo plugin.lo cpu-vax.lo netbsd-core.lo archive64.lo ofiles
 G_libbfd_la_OBJECTS=archive.lo archures.lo bfd.lo bfdio.lo bfdwin.lo  cache.lo coff-bfd.lo compress.lo corefile.lo elf-properties.lo  format.lo hash.lo init.lo libbfd.lo linker.lo merge.lo  opncls.lo reloc.lo section.lo simple.lo stab-syms.lo stabs.lo  syms.lo targets.lo binary.lo ihex.lo srec.lo tekhex.lo  verilog.lo
 G_DEFS=-DHAVE_CONFIG_H
 G_INCLUDES=