diff --git a/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh b/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
index 73f2c531def579215b7c82c1b1fc61464bc2509f..4e51f3b576033fbcc4b8bf185ccc40863014019f 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/pcre/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-VERSION=10.39
-TAR=https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-${VERSION}/pcre2-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
+VERSION=8.42
+TAR=https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 BUILD_DEPENDS=()
 
 function recipe_version {