diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 78ad90714..ba9693c98 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8105,7 +8105,7 @@ fi
 if test "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"
 then :
 
-pcre2_version="10.44"
+pcre2_version="10.45"
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&6; }
 cur_dir=`pwd`
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6c7ee9ff2..a4c638331 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$PRIVATELIBDIR" != "x"], [rm -f "$PRIVATELIBDIR/"libpcre2*])],[has
 
 AS_IF([test "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"], [
 dnl REMEMBER TO CHANGE WITH A NEW PCRE2 RELEASE!
-pcre2_version="10.44"
+pcre2_version="10.45"
 AC_MSG_RESULT(extracting PCRE2 regex library)
 cur_dir=`pwd`
 cd extras
diff --git a/extras/pcre2.tar.gz b/extras/pcre2.tar.gz
index d6b2f8e0d..d4516af88 100644
Binary files a/extras/pcre2.tar.gz and b/extras/pcre2.tar.gz differ