diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
index e8bfb51cf9ee..04104346748e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcre/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "00ckpzlgyr16bnqx8fawa3afjgqxw5yxgs2l081vw23qi1y4pl1c";
   };