diff --git a/package/leafnode2/0001-cross_makefile.patch b/package/leafnode2/0001-cross_makefile.patch
index 32116446c3..06d5722b05 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/0001-cross_makefile.patch
+++ b/package/leafnode2/0001-cross_makefile.patch
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ Fix cross-compilation issues
    cross-compiling. We're anyway not root, so simply remove the
    chown/chgrp dance.
 
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
+[Bernd: rebased for 2.0.0.alpha202601]
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
 Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
 
 Index: b/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
 --- a/Makefile.am
 +++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
+@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
  
  configparam_data.c: $(srcdir)/config.table b_sortnl$(EXEEXT) genconfigparam_data.awk
  	rm -f config.table.sorted
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ Index: b/Makefile.am
  	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/genconfigparam_data.awk <config.table.sorted >$@ \
  	|| { rm -f $@ ; false ; }
  
-@@ -326,13 +326,7 @@
+@@ -339,13 +339,7 @@
  install-data-hook:
  	$(INSTALL) -d -m 02770 $(DESTDIR)$(SPOOLDIR)
  	$(INSTALL) -d -m 02770 $(DESTDIR)$(SPOOLDIR)/leaf.node
diff --git a/package/leafnode2/Config.in b/package/leafnode2/Config.in
index df9b246946..dc6977925b 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/Config.in
+++ b/package/leafnode2/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LEAFNODE2
 	bool "leafnode2"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	help
 	  Leafnode-2 is a store-and-forward NNTP (or Usenet) proxy
 	  server designed for small sites with just a few active
diff --git a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.hash b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.hash
index 9c86173ae1..040e0d92a4 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.hash
+++ b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  42f2185f29a74f683a962e9cf6e38bc5f8a342d0dde8b6a03457a165365e3445  leafnode2-9543ffaf82406f943d449d522d88baa554515e0f.tar.gz
+sha256  c98201dffc51addf4157ceb67f2ef7f2c0f3813e49342834f243244a872d90c1  leafnode2-2.0.0.alpha202601.tar.gz
 sha256  59d37f745dc5a2d63a51dff344f4ad89f72e76f8c7b7d877f20880d838b1bec9  COPYING
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING.LGPL
diff --git a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
index 8c44071209..3e11a65a70 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
+++ b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LEAFNODE2_VERSION = 9543ffaf82406f943d449d522d88baa554515e0f
-LEAFNODE2_SITE = $(call gitlab,leafnode-2,leafnode-2,$(LEAFNODE2_VERSION))
+LEAFNODE2_VERSION = 2.0.0.alpha202601
+LEAFNODE2_SITE = $(call gitlab,leafnode-2,leafnode-2,leafnode-$(LEAFNODE2_VERSION))
 LEAFNODE2_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 LEAFNODE2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL
-LEAFNODE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pcre pcre
+LEAFNODE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pcre2 pcre2
 LEAFNODE2_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # pod2man doesn't work when cross compiling
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endef
 LEAFNODE2_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LEAFNODE2_DISABLE_POD2MAN
 
 LEAFNODE2_CONF_ENV = \
-	PCRECONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcre-config"
+	PCRE2CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcre2-config"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
 LEAFNODE2_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ LEAFNODE2_CONF_OPTS = \
 # Leafnode2 needs the host version of b_sortnl during
 # compilation. Instead of creating a separate host package and
 # installing b_sortnl to $(HOST_DIR) this binary is compiled
-# on-the-fly, host-pcre is needed for this
+# on-the-fly, host-pcre2 is needed for this
 define LEAFNODE2_BUILD_SORTNL_TOOL
 	cd $(@D); \
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) -o b_sortnl_host \
 		arc4random.c mergesort.c b_sortnl.c critmem_malloc.c \
 		critmem_realloc.c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$(HOST_DIR)/include \
-		-L $(HOST_DIR)/lib -Wl,-rpath,$(HOST_DIR)/lib -lpcre
+		-L $(HOST_DIR)/lib -Wl,-rpath,$(HOST_DIR)/lib -lpcre2-8
 endef
 
 LEAFNODE2_PRE_BUILD_HOOKS += LEAFNODE2_BUILD_SORTNL_TOOL