diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index 77d21abb6d2..71f0df40ec2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pcre-8.36";
+  name = "pcre-8.37";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1fs5p1z67m9f4xnyil3s4lhgyld78f7m4d1yawpyhh0cvrbk90zg";
+    sha256 = "17bqykp604p7376wj3q2nmjdhrb6v1ny8q08zdwi7qvc02l9wrsi";
   };
 
   configureFlags = ''