diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ripgrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ripgrep/default.nix
index 1563fe744ef..311767a786f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ripgrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ripgrep/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, asciidoc, docbook_xsl, libxslt
 , Security
-, withPCRE2 ? false, pcre2 ? null
+, withPCRE2 ? true, pcre2 ? null
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {