diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b03e651fb..aba702782 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7461,7 +7461,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"; then :
 
-pcre2_version="10.36"
+pcre2_version="10.39"
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&5
 $as_echo "extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&6; }
 cur_dir=`pwd`
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d756f351a..f8d9704cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$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="10.36"
+pcre2_version="10.39"
 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 d0c09da64..d16fe4889 100644
Binary files a/extras/pcre2.tar.gz and b/extras/pcre2.tar.gz differ