diff --git a/misc/GNUmakefile b/misc/GNUmakefile
index ff9bee603..0d1ad87a2 100644
--- a/misc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/misc/GNUmakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TEMP =		tmp
 OBJS =		objs.msvc8
 OPENSSL =	openssl-1.0.2h
 ZLIB =		zlib-1.2.8
-PCRE =		pcre-8.38
+PCRE =		pcre-8.39
 
 
 release: export