diff --git a/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash b/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash
index f2e17df753..8b22040ba7 100644
--- a/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash
+++ b/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature:
-# https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.43/pcre2-10.43.tar.bz2.sig
-sha256  e2a53984ff0b07dfdb5ae4486bbb9b21cca8e7df2434096cc9bf1b728c350bcb  pcre2-10.43.tar.bz2
+# https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.44/pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2.sig
+sha256  d34f02e113cf7193a1ebf2770d3ac527088d485d4e047ed10e5d217c6ef5de96  pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2
 # Locally computed
 sha256  030087e2e8dd7c1bdd26057d25d4ded8f45bbf01ad458d68665ad04b8b0fbedf  LICENCE
diff --git a/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk b/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
index 9641f22e81..191596181a 100644
--- a/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
+++ b/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PCRE2_VERSION = 10.43
+PCRE2_VERSION = 10.44
 PCRE2_SITE = https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-$(PCRE2_VERSION)
 PCRE2_SOURCE = pcre2-$(PCRE2_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PCRE2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ PCRE2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE
 PCRE2_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pcre
 PCRE2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PCRE2_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = pcre2-config
+# Fixes build/relink failure ("ERROR: unsafe header/library path used in
+# cross-compilation: '-L/usr/lib'")
+PCRE2_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 PCRE2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre2-8
 PCRE2_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2_16),--enable-pcre2-16,--disable-pcre2-16)