diff --git a/build-matrix.html b/build-matrix.html
index d3dfc87c..fd0e9e4e 100644
--- a/build-matrix.html
+++ b/build-matrix.html
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ feel free to submit a pull request.
 
 <tr>
  <th class="row">pcre</th>
- <td>8.37</td>
+ <td>8.38</td>
       <td class="supported">&#x2713;</td>
       <td class="supported">&#x2713;</td>
       <td class="supported">&#x2713;</td>
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 903cede9..5ba82b24 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     "pango": "1.37.4",
     "pangomm": "2.34.0",
     "pcl": "1.7.2",
-    "pcre": "8.37",
+    "pcre": "8.38",
     "pdcurses": "3.4",
     "pdflib_lite": "7.0.5p3",
     "pfstools": "2.0.4",