diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1bdcb1b0f..dac960ed9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libmono-2.0-dev [amd64 armel armhf i386 mipsel kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 ppc64 ppc64el s390x],
  libmosquitto-dev,
  libncurses5-dev,
- libpcre3-dev,
+ libpcre2-dev,
  libperl-dev,
  libpq-dev,
  librabbitmq-dev,