diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index c0212ec..a6e0bc2 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 %bcond_without unbundled_pcre
 %else
 %bcond_with unbundled_pcre
-%global pcre_bundled_version 10.34
+%global pcre_bundled_version 10.40
 %endif
 
 # Use main python interpretter version