diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fd679bfa3..db3dd47e7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6881,12 +6881,12 @@ 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
@@ -6898,12 +6898,12 @@ 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
@@ -6924,9 +6924,9 @@ 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
@@ -6950,7 +6950,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"; then :
 
-pcre2_version="10.34"
+pcre2_version="10.33"
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&5
 $as_echo "extracting PCRE2 regex library" >&6; }
 cur_dir=`pwd`
@@ -6967,7 +6967,7 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: configuring PCRE2 regex library" >&5
 $as_echo "configuring PCRE2 regex library" >&6; }
 cd pcre2-$pcre2_version
-./configure --enable-jit --enable-shared --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/pcre2 --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR || exit 1
+./configure --enable-jit --enable-shared --disable-unicode --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/pcre2 --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR || exit 1
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: compiling PCRE2 regex library" >&5
 $as_echo "compiling PCRE2 regex library" >&6; }
 $ac_cv_prog_MAKER || exit 1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bded2f12f..b99241bc8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ export PATH_SEPARATOR
 dnl Use system pcre2 when available, unless --without-system-pcre2.
 has_system_pcre2="no"
 AS_IF([test "x$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 "$has_system_pcre2" = "no"], [
 dnl REMEMBER TO CHANGE WITH A NEW PCRE2 RELEASE!
-pcre2_version="10.34"
+pcre2_version="10.33"
 AC_MSG_RESULT(extracting PCRE2 regex library)
 cur_dir=`pwd`
 cd extras
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ else
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT(configuring PCRE2 regex library)
 cd pcre2-$pcre2_version
-./configure --enable-jit --enable-shared --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/pcre2 --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR || exit 1
+./configure --enable-jit --enable-shared --disable-unicode --prefix=$cur_dir/extras/pcre2 --libdir=$PRIVATELIBDIR || exit 1
 AC_MSG_RESULT(compiling PCRE2 regex library)
 $ac_cv_prog_MAKER || exit 1
 AC_MSG_RESULT(installing PCRE2 regex library)
diff --git a/extras/pcre2.tar.gz b/extras/pcre2.tar.gz
index 244657533..3d7de9786 100644
Binary files a/extras/pcre2.tar.gz and b/extras/pcre2.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/src/match.c b/src/match.c
index ca255b9d9..ccc1c39f9 100644
--- a/src/match.c
+++ b/src/match.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Match *unreal_create_match(MatchType type, char *str, char **error)
 		int options = 0;
 		char buf2[512];
 		
-		options = PCRE2_CASELESS|PCRE2_MATCH_INVALID_UTF;
+		options = PCRE2_CASELESS|PCRE2_NEVER_UTF|PCRE2_NEVER_UCP;
 		
 		m->ext.pcre2_expr = pcre2_compile(str, PCRE2_ZERO_TERMINATED, options, &errorcode, &erroroffset, NULL);
 		if (m->ext.pcre2_expr == NULL)