diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bfcd314e9..813a1e626 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libmbedtls-dev,
                libssh2-1-dev,
                libhttp-parser-dev,
-               libpcre3-dev,
+               libpcre2-dev,
                libkrb5-dev,
                ca-certificates
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 79da7fe50..e520c10a6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ COMMON_CMAKE_FLAGS = \
 	-DCERT_LOCATION=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
 	-DDISABLE_ONLINE_TESTS=ON \
 	-DENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILDS=ON \
+	-DREGEX_BACKEND=pcre2 \
 	-DUSE_GSSAPI=ON \
 	-DUSE_HTTPS=mbedTLS \
 	-DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system \