diff --git a/package/re2/Config.in b/package/re2/Config.in
index b79e711ad3..acc4bdbe46 100644
--- a/package/re2/Config.in
+++ b/package/re2/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RE2
 	bool "re2"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # C++14
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # C++17
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libabseil-cpp
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP
diff --git a/package/re2/re2.hash b/package/re2/re2.hash
index baa3a927c5..25ca9b4896 100644
--- a/package/re2/re2.hash
+++ b/package/re2/re2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # locally calculated
-sha256  eb2df807c781601c14a260a507a5bb4509be1ee626024cb45acbd57cb9d4032b  re2-2024-07-02.tar.gz
+sha256  2f3bec634c3e51ea1faf0d441e0a8718b73ef758d7020175ed7e352df3f6ae12  re2-2025-08-12.tar.gz
 sha256  6040cda75d90b1738292a631d89934c411ef7ffd543c4d6a1b7edfc8edf29449  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/re2/re2.mk b/package/re2/re2.mk
index 80db4db650..1068e7cc54 100644
--- a/package/re2/re2.mk
+++ b/package/re2/re2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-RE2_VERSION = 2024-07-02
+RE2_VERSION = 2025-08-12
 RE2_SITE = $(call github,google,re2,$(RE2_VERSION))
 RE2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 RE2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE