diff --git a/templates/pcre/template b/templates/pcre/template
index afbfd486b0..a093da28e2 100644
--- a/templates/pcre/template
+++ b/templates/pcre/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'pcre'
 pkgname=pcre
 sourcepkg=pcre
-version=7.8
+version=7.9
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/pcre/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties
  --enable-newline-is-anycrlf"
 short_desc="Perl Compatible Regular Expressions"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=795f3c2ae29339e633a4dac7b596d6cd4d86504befbe951c9d5ff42aca9858ff
+checksum=40a13a9759f1de5b16bc2f0d47b6aa5f0ec010325646922f54b013c040dcd740
 long_desc="
  The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
  pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE