diff --git a/system/base/libpcre/pspec.xml b/system/base/libpcre/pspec.xml
index b34c719e..32b479fb 100644
--- a/system/base/libpcre/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/libpcre/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Perl-compatible regular expression library</Summary>
         <Description>The PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="df0d1c2ff04c359220cb902539a6e134af4497f4" type="tarbz2">https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/conglomeration/pcre/pcre-8.42.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="df0d1c2ff04c359220cb902539a6e134af4497f4" type="tarbz2">https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/conglomeration/pcre/pcre-8.43.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+		<Update release="7">
+            <Date>2019-12-22</Date>
+            <Version>8.43</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Idris Kalp</Name>
+            <Email>idriskalp@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="6">
             <Date>2019-01-15</Date>
             <Version>8.42</Version>