diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index c1074464b936..d83b89358db1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pcre-6.6";
+  name = "pcre-6.7";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-6.6.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "61067f730c46cf6bdd0f8efe3f4f51b6";
+    url = ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-6.7.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "dbbec9d178ce199e67e98c9a4f994f90";
   };
 }