diff --git a/baseimage/README.md b/baseimage/README.md
index 11dfa3718..e2020d540 100644
--- a/baseimage/README.md
+++ b/baseimage/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ii   libpam-modules               1.5.3-7+b1                      amd64  Pluggab
 ii   libpam-modules-bin           1.5.3-7+b1                      amd64  Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM - helper binaries
 ii   libpam-runtime               1.5.3-7                         all    Runtime support for the PAM library
 ii   libpam0g                     1.5.3-7+b1                      amd64  Pluggable Authentication Modules library
-ii   libpcre2-8-0                 10.44-4                         amd64  New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files
+ii   libpcre2-8-0                 10.44-5                         amd64  New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files
 ii   libperl5.40                  5.40.0-8                        amd64  shared Perl library
 ii   libpipeline1                 1.5.8-1                         amd64  Unix process pipeline manipulation library
 ii   libpopt0                     1.19+dfsg-2                     amd64  lib for parsing cmdline parameters
diff --git a/baseimage/debian-packages.json b/baseimage/debian-packages.json
index 518862185..d26759745 100644
--- a/baseimage/debian-packages.json
+++ b/baseimage/debian-packages.json
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@
     "Section": "libs",
     "Status": "install ok installed",
     "Suggests": "",
-    "Version": "10.44-4",
+    "Version": "10.44-5",
     "binary:Package": "libpcre2-8-0:amd64",
     "binary:Summary": "New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files",
     "db:Status-Abbrev": "ii ",
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@
     "db:Status-Status": "installed",
     "db:Status-Eflag": "ok",
     "source:Package": "pcre2",
-    "source:Version": "10.44-4"
+    "source:Version": "10.44-5"
   },
   {
     "Architecture": "amd64",