diff --git a/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
index 5c51abac704ec..d16eb670e2c83 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/pcre2/all/conanfile.py
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ def _patch_sources(self):
         replace_in_file(self, cmakelists,
                               "RUNTIME DESTINATION bin",
                               "RUNTIME DESTINATION bin BUNDLE DESTINATION bin")
+        # pcre2-config does not correctly include '-static' in static library names
+        if is_msvc(self):
+            replace = None
+            if Version(self.version) > "10.42":
+                replace = "configure_file(pcre2-config.in"
+            elif Version(self.version) >= "10.38":
+                replace = "CONFIGURE_FILE(pcre2-config.in"
+            postfix = "-static" if not self.options.shared else ""
+            if replace:
+                if self.settings.build_type == "Debug":
+                    postfix += "d"
+                replace_in_file(self, cmakelists, replace, f'set(LIB_POSTFIX "{postfix}")\n{replace}')
 
     def build(self):
         self._patch_sources()
@@ -169,7 +181,7 @@ def package_info(self):
 
         if self.options.build_pcre2grep:
             bin_path = os.path.join(self.package_folder, "bin")
-            self.output.info("Appending PATH environment variable: {}".format(bin_path))
+            self.output.info(f"Appending PATH environment variable: {bin_path}")
             self.env_info.PATH.append(bin_path)
             # FIXME: This is a workaround to avoid ConanException. zlib and bzip2
             # are optional requirements of pcre2grep executable, not of any pcre2 lib.
diff --git a/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 0a6bc68712d90..fafba71d30d56 100644
--- a/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/pcre2/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ def build(self):
 
     def test(self):
         if can_run(self):
-            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindirs[0], "test_package")
+            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindir, "test_package")
             self.run(bin_path, env="conanrun")