diff --git a/contrib/src/pcre/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/pcre/SHA512SUMS
index 066d00148cf83e733040c1b35b68c4c2f73c041e..79b10173637f1e5b74ea3d86d0e130cc1f687aee 100644
--- a/contrib/src/pcre/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/pcre/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-acd2bc6911be7b518ad4aca3c3ccbe98bdbeabf0e77d6b04009838c7825b563a001377f8c3a6a8a0583ec32ee9fefe05e3c1a69f272fe5084469a6b6c2148fbf  pcre-8.36.tar.bz2
+ad3412ceee8f992787a3e7cbe0155ffba67affd4b2dfece6c4501dc8d2012f52dcc1ee1f56759362e04bbbd10ea9370b3e46f238e2f75005cb69f6c8439e52c0  pcre-8.38.tar.bz2
diff --git a/contrib/src/pcre/rules.mak b/contrib/src/pcre/rules.mak
index e6de6149d53df059ed36193c94e6c1063cebec5c..9bddfeb91b58e42030e835eebd5619bf1016766c 100644
--- a/contrib/src/pcre/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/pcre/rules.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Perl Compatible Regular Expression
 
-PCRE_VERSION := 8.36
+PCRE_VERSION := 8.38
 PCRE_URL := ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-$(PCRE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 
 PKGS += pcre