diff --git a/package/pcre/pcre.hash b/package/pcre/pcre.hash
index ca72a78cd2..7513d5f198 100644
--- a/package/pcre/pcre.hash
+++ b/package/pcre/pcre.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256 2cd04b7c887808be030254e8d77de11d3fe9d4505c39d4b15d2664ffe8bf9301  pcre-8.42.tar.bz2
+sha256 91e762520003013834ac1adb4a938d53b22a216341c061b0cf05603b290faf6b  pcre-8.43.tar.bz2
 # License files, locally calculated
-sha256 f998c0f52eb704eff28f503580cfca3f2547280aa212994f6cf2d8e317587c1c  LICENCE
+sha256 a5fce68baf797e0918463a4437ef75984c41118f43850ddeabda1b5a90154309  LICENCE
diff --git a/package/pcre/pcre.mk b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
index 163e535ec3..595cda8a53 100644
--- a/package/pcre/pcre.mk
+++ b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PCRE_VERSION = 8.42
+PCRE_VERSION = 8.43
 PCRE_SITE = https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre
 PCRE_SOURCE = pcre-$(PCRE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PCRE_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause