diff --git a/general/genlib/pcre.xml b/general/genlib/pcre.xml
index 93025b58f1..e13dc5c24f 100644
--- a/general/genlib/pcre.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/pcre.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY pcre-download-http "https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-&pcre-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY pcre-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-&pcre-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY pcre-md5sum        "cf7326204cc46c755b5b2608033d9d24">
+  <!ENTITY pcre-md5sum        "4452288e6a0eefb2ab11d36010a1eebb">
   <!ENTITY pcre-size          "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY pcre-buildsize     "20 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY pcre-buildsize     "23 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY pcre-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 5e7654f37c..a1afe352ec 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>June 17th, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to pcre-8.45. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15188">#15188</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kf5-apps-21.04.2. Includes kate and kwave. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;14730">#14730</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 57621ed9ed..942338e643 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY npth-version                 "1.6">
 <!ENTITY nspr-version                 "4.31">
 <!ENTITY openobex-version             "1.7.2">
-<!ENTITY pcre-version                 "8.44">
+<!ENTITY pcre-version                 "8.45">
 <!ENTITY pcre2-version                "10.37">
 <!ENTITY popt-version                 "1.18">
 <!ENTITY pth-version                  "2.0.7">