PCRE version updated to 8.40

diff --git a/doc/dev-reference/compilation.rst b/doc/dev-reference/compilation.rst
index 8f44c15c1be7887e53ef68fbad4e543f6b19ac65..de679422d53dd0270959bfdd857fccf640b68f60 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/dev-reference/compilation.rst
+++ b/doc/dev-reference/compilation.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ libpcre are supported. The use of unsupported constructs will result in
 compilation errors.
 
 The version of PCRE used to validate Hyperscan's interpretation of this syntax
-is 8.38.
+is 8.40.
 
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 Supported Constructs