diff --git a/package/pcre/pcre.mk b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
index 211e2359af..e302ed7d8d 100644
--- a/package/pcre/pcre.mk
+++ b/package/pcre/pcre.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 PCRE_VERSION = 8.40
-PCRE_SITE = ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre
+PCRE_SITE = https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre
 PCRE_SOURCE = pcre-$(PCRE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PCRE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 PCRE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE