diff --git a/third_party/pcre/pcre_repositories.bzl b/third_party/pcre/pcre_repositories.bzl
index 6aaf32b95..5483198d6 100644
--- a/third_party/pcre/pcre_repositories.bzl
+++ b/third_party/pcre/pcre_repositories.bzl
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ def pcre_repositories():
         strip_prefix = "pcre-8.44",
         urls = [
             "https://mirror.bazel.build/ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-8.44.tar.gz",
-            "https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-8.44.tar.gz",
+            "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pcre/pcre/8.44/pcre-8.44.tar.gz"
         ],
     )