diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 80ea6c844..f509875dc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7392,12 +7392,12 @@ if test -n "$PCRE2_CFLAGS"; then
     pkg_cv_PCRE2_CFLAGS="$PCRE2_CFLAGS"
  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libpcre2-8 >= 10.34\""; } >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34") 2>&5
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libpcre2-8 >= 10.00\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
-  pkg_cv_PCRE2_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_PCRE2_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00" 2>/dev/null`
 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
@@ -7409,12 +7409,12 @@ if test -n "$PCRE2_LIBS"; then
     pkg_cv_PCRE2_LIBS="$PCRE2_LIBS"
  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libpcre2-8 >= 10.34\""; } >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34") 2>&5
+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libpcre2-8 >= 10.00\""; } >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
-  pkg_cv_PCRE2_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_PCRE2_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00" 2>/dev/null`
 		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
@@ -7435,9 +7435,9 @@ else
         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
 fi
         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
-	        PCRE2_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34" 2>&1`
+	        PCRE2_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00" 2>&1`
         else
-	        PCRE2_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.34" 2>&1`
+	        PCRE2_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "libpcre2-8 >= 10.00" 2>&1`
         fi
 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
 	echo "$PCRE2_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dd0b17a27..a0c08eba1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ export PATH_SEPARATOR
 dnl Use system pcre2 when available, unless --without-system-pcre2.
 has_system_pcre2="no"
 AS_IF([test "x$with_system_pcre2" = "xyes"],[
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCRE2], libpcre2-8 >= 10.34,[has_system_pcre2=yes
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCRE2], libpcre2-8 >= 10.00,[has_system_pcre2=yes
 AS_IF([test "x$PRIVATELIBDIR" != "x"], [rm -f "$PRIVATELIBDIR/"libpcre2*])],[has_system_pcre2=no])])
 
 AS_IF([test "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"], [