diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
index 43024501fb..32cb78193d 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/actions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
     cmaketools.configure("-DTHREADSAFE:BOOL=ON \
+                          -DREGEX_BACKEND=pcre2 \
                           -DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system")
 
 def build():
diff --git a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
index 9dfa592970..e05e8f04ad 100644
--- a/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/scm/libgit2/pspec.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
         <Icon>libgit2</Icon>
         <Summary>A linkable library for Git</Summary>
         <Description>A plain C library to interface with the git version control system</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="9d54cecfe716f36f5370e717dffbb4b98003e649" type="targz" name="libgit2-1.1.0.tar.gz">https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="8b9536f3377d855ff899f3aeea942cea25792bc2" type="targz" name="libgit2-1.5.0.tar.gz">https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v1.5.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>libpcre-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libpcre2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>http-parser</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libssh2-devel</Dependency>
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>zlib</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>libpcre</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libpcre2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libssh2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>http-parser</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
+            <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>
         </Files>
     </Package>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
             <Dependency release="current">libgit2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>libpcre-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libpcre2-devel</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib/pkgconfig</Path>
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="12">
+            <Date>2022-09-26</Date>
+            <Version>1.5.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="11">
             <Date>2021-07-17</Date>
             <Version>1.1.0</Version>