diff --git a/misc/GNUmakefile b/misc/GNUmakefile
index 6938fe91c..0055730b9 100644
--- a/misc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/misc/GNUmakefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CC =		cl
 OBJS =		objs.msvc8
 OPENSSL =	openssl-1.1.1d
 ZLIB =		zlib-1.2.11
-PCRE =		pcre-8.43
+PCRE =		pcre-8.44
 
 
 release: export