diff --git a/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh b/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
index 4e51f3b576033fbcc4b8bf185ccc40863014019f..2592d1113a4c520c8573e0fb39cbc8cf4ed428ef 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION=8.42
-TAR=https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+TAR=https://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pcre/pcre/$VERSION/pcre-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 BUILD_DEPENDS=()
 
 function recipe_version {
diff --git a/recipes/pcre/recipe.toml b/recipes/pcre/recipe.toml
index ebde0bd04a70d0452d08f50ec5b57d6f054b5bbd..1aaa994ac4fc2a606adb041af5a1f7ab2b8fa316 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/pcre/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [source]
-tar = "https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-8.42.tar.bz2"
+tar = "https://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pcre/pcre/8.42/pcre-8.42.tar.bz2"
 patches = [
     "redox.patch"
 ]