diff --git a/cmake/defaults/CYCOMMON.cmake b/cmake/defaults/CYCOMMON.cmake
index 2d3677f01..7b82a268e 100644
--- a/cmake/defaults/CYCOMMON.cmake
+++ b/cmake/defaults/CYCOMMON.cmake
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ SET(RV_DEPS_OTIO_VERSION
 
 # pcre2 https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2
 SET(RV_DEPS_PCRE2_VERSION
-    "10.43"
+    "10.47"
 )
 SET(RV_DEPS_PCRE2_DOWNLOAD_HASH
-    "e4c3f2a24eb5c15bec8360e50b3f0137"
+    "b55ec5acca85ffddc7d81c23f22bf176"
 )
 
 # png https://github.com/glennrp/libpng
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/pcre2.cmake b/cmake/dependencies/pcre2.cmake
index 774970324..60445829f 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/pcre2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/pcre2.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RV_CREATE_STANDARD_DEPS_VARIABLES("RV_DEPS_PCRE2" "pcre2-${RV_DEPS_PCRE2_VERSION
 RV_SHOW_STANDARD_DEPS_VARIABLES()
 
 SET(_download_url
-    "https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/archive/refs/tags/${_version}.zip"
+    "https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/archive/refs/tags/${_version}.tar.gz"
 )
 
 SET(_download_hash
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ EXTERNALPROJECT_ADD(
   ${_target}
   URL ${_download_url}
   URL_MD5 ${_download_hash}
-  DOWNLOAD_NAME ${_target}_${_version}.zip
+  DOWNLOAD_NAME ${_target}_${_version}.tar.gz
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${RV_DEPS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
   DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
   SOURCE_DIR ${_source_dir}