diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
index 66d3b5f9ac1b..10b90dd98186 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre2/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pcre2";
-  version = "10.44";
+  version = "10.46";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-${version}/pcre2-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-008C4RPPcZOh6/J3DTrFJwiNSF1OBH7RDl0hfG713pY=";
+    hash = "sha256-FfvFq6a+7gsXrssEYCrjlDI5OroevY45t8q/fbiDKZ8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];