diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 847dd719840..198471c31e1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                libncurses5-dev (>= 5.0-6~),
                libnuma-dev [!armhf],
                libpam0g-dev,
-               libpcre3-dev (>= 2:8.35-3.2~),
+               libpcre2-dev,
                libreadline-gplv2-dev,
                libsnappy-dev,
                libssl-dev | libssl1.0-dev,