diff --git a/system/base/libpcre2/pspec.xml b/system/base/libpcre2/pspec.xml
index b20126a1..bddff481 100644
--- a/system/base/libpcre2/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/libpcre2/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="ea443ae87a4f5ab925a69cb3090605998061faed" type="tarbz2">https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.41/pcre2-10.41.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="9876f2165ed6ee38d1853a8e2eaafdfbcb291b76" type="tarbz2">https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.42/pcre2-10.42.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="7">
+            <Date>2023-01-27</Date>
+            <Version>10.42</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="6">
             <Date>2022-12-07</Date>
             <Version>10.41</Version>