diff --git a/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash b/package/pcre2/pcre2.hash
index 8b22040ba7..35b87ad854 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/pcre2-10.44/pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2.sig
-sha256  d34f02e113cf7193a1ebf2770d3ac527088d485d4e047ed10e5d217c6ef5de96  pcre2-10.44.tar.bz2
+# https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.45/pcre2-10.45.tar.bz2.sig
+sha256  21547f3516120c75597e5b30a992e27a592a31950b5140e7b8bfde3f192033c4  pcre2-10.45.tar.bz2
 # Locally computed
-sha256  030087e2e8dd7c1bdd26057d25d4ded8f45bbf01ad458d68665ad04b8b0fbedf  LICENCE
+sha256  9cf7ac6976099a1d856826d3ef1b093bd6b84489dc6100628ac79e740cf9885a  LICENCE.md
diff --git a/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk b/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
index 191596181a..6d2b729dfe 100644
--- a/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
+++ b/package/pcre2/pcre2.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PCRE2_VERSION = 10.44
+PCRE2_VERSION = 10.45
 PCRE2_SITE = https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-$(PCRE2_VERSION)
 PCRE2_SOURCE = pcre2-$(PCRE2_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PCRE2_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
-PCRE2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE
+PCRE2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE.md
 PCRE2_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pcre
 PCRE2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PCRE2_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = pcre2-config