diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1281bb9..b4e43a1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Requirements:
   - libcurl
   - libarchive
-  - pcre
   - pthreads
+  - re2
diff --git a/build-aux/ci-test b/build-aux/ci-test
index cc66f22..f17e0dd 100755
--- a/build-aux/ci-test
+++ b/build-aux/ci-test
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ case $buildmode in
     ;;
 esac
 
-pacman -Syu --noconfirm base-devel git gmock gtest python meson pcre perl
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm base-devel git gmock gtest python meson perl re2
 
 # Needed to ensure PATH is properly set for perl, etc.
 source /etc/profile
diff --git a/man/pkgfile.pod b/man/pkgfile.pod
index ad9a8ad..a6017c6 100644
--- a/man/pkgfile.pod
+++ b/man/pkgfile.pod
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ Disable case sensitivity in matching.
 
 =item B<-r>, B<--regex>
 
-Enable regular expression matching. See B<pcre>(3).
+Enable regular expression matching. The matching is partial meaning it will
+match a substring of an entry. See https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax
+for supported syntax.
 
 =item B<-R> I<REPO>, B<--repo=>I<REPO>
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ systemd support, this can be enabled with:
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-B<pkgfiled>(1), B<repo-add>(8), B<pcre>(3), B<glob>(7), B<pacman.conf>(5)
+B<pkgfiled>(1), B<repo-add>(8), B<glob>(7), B<pacman.conf>(5)
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ea68406..979ca07 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ add_project_arguments(
     language: 'cpp',
 )
 
-libpcre = dependency('libpcre', version: '>= 8.30')
+re2 = dependency('re2')
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive', version: '>= 3.2.0')
 libcurl = dependency('libcurl')
 libsystemd = dependency('libsystemd')
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ libcommon = static_library(
     src/queue.hh
   '''.split(),
     ),
-    dependencies: [libpcre, libarchive, libcurl, pthreads, stdcppfs],
+    dependencies: [re2, libarchive, libcurl, pthreads, stdcppfs],
     install: false,
 )
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ if gtest.found() and gmock.found()
       '''.split(),
             ),
             link_with: [libcommon, gtest_main],
-            dependencies: [gmock, gtest, libpcre],
+            dependencies: [gmock, gtest, re2],
         ),
         protocol: 'gtest',
     )
diff --git a/src/filter.cc b/src/filter.cc
index 72aa41b..8013e15 100644
--- a/src/filter.cc
+++ b/src/filter.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <format>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <re2/re2.h>
 
 namespace pkgfile {
 namespace filter {
@@ -40,38 +41,25 @@ bool Glob::Matches(std::string_view line) const {
   return fnmatch(glob_pattern_.c_str(), std::string(line).c_str(), flags_) == 0;
 }
 
-Regex::~Regex() {
-  pcre_free_study(re_extra_);
-  pcre_free(re_);
-}
-
 // static
 std::unique_ptr<Regex> Regex::Compile(const std::string& pattern,
                                       bool case_sensitive) {
-  const int options = case_sensitive ? 0 : PCRE_CASELESS;
-  const char* err;
-  int offset;
-
-  pcre* re = pcre_compile(pattern.c_str(), options, &err, &offset, nullptr);
-  if (re == nullptr) {
-    std::cerr << std::format("error: failed to compile regex at char {}: {}\n",
-                             offset, err);
-    return nullptr;
-  }
-
-  pcre_extra* re_extra = pcre_study(re, PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE, &err);
-  if (err) {
-    std::cerr << std::format("error: failed to study regex: {}\n", err);
-    pcre_free(re);
+  re2::RE2::Options re2_options;
+  re2_options.set_case_sensitive(case_sensitive);
+  re2_options.set_log_errors(false);
+
+  auto re = std::make_unique<re2::RE2>(pattern, re2_options);
+  if (!re->ok()) {
+    std::cerr << std::format("error: failed to compile regex: {}\n",
+                             re->error());
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  return std::make_unique<Regex>(re, re_extra);
+  return std::make_unique<Regex>(std::move(re));
 }
 
 bool Regex::Matches(std::string_view line) const {
-  return pcre_exec(re_, re_extra_, line.data(), line.size(), 0,
-                   PCRE_NO_UTF16_CHECK, nullptr, 0) >= 0;
+  return re2::RE2::PartialMatch(line, *re_);
 }
 
 Exact::Exact(std::string match, bool case_sensitive) {
diff --git a/src/filter.hh b/src/filter.hh
index 5a9e85f..6149674 100644
--- a/src/filter.hh
+++ b/src/filter.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <pcre.h>
+#include <re2/re2.h>
 
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ class Bin : public Filter {
 
 class Regex : public Filter {
  public:
-  Regex(pcre* re, pcre_extra* re_extra) : re_(re), re_extra_(re_extra) {}
-  ~Regex();
+  Regex(std::unique_ptr<re2::RE2> re) : re_(std::move(re)) {}
 
   static std::unique_ptr<Regex> Compile(const std::string& pattern,
                                         bool case_sensitive);
@@ -75,8 +74,7 @@ class Regex : public Filter {
   bool Matches(std::string_view line) const override;
 
  private:
-  pcre* re_;
-  pcre_extra* re_extra_;
+  std::unique_ptr<re2::RE2> re_;
 };
 
 class Glob : public Filter {