diff --git a/editors/mle/Makefile b/editors/mle/Makefile
index 2ad4b8052e34..a9cda6cb6e2c 100644
--- a/editors/mle/Makefile
+++ b/editors/mle/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,55 @@
 PORTNAME=	mle
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 
 MAINTAINER=	as@php.net
 COMMENT=	Small, flexible, terminal-based text editor
 WWW=		https://github.com/adsr/mle
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/uthash.h:devel/uthash
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/gpaste:sysutils/coreutils \
 		${LOCALBASE}/bin/grep:textproc/gnugrep \
 		bash:shells/bash \
 		gfind:misc/findutils
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake localbase:ldflags shebangfix lua:54
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tests/func/*.sh tests/run.sh
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	adsr
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/mle
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|lua5.4|lua54|g' ${WRKSRC}/mle.h
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|lua5.4|lua-5.4|g' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|-O0|-O2|g' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 	# Fix shell commands in tests
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|find|gfind|g' \
 		-e 's|grep|${LOCALBASE}/bin/grep|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tests/run.sh \
 		${WRKSRC}/tests/func/*.sh
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|p a s t e|g p a s t e|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tests/func/test_lua.sh
 
-	# Remove assertion that relies on UTF-8 codeset (fixed upstream)
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/0wv/d' \
-		${WRKSRC}/tests/unit/test_bline_insert.c
-
 	# Remove assertions that rely on GNU tooling output
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/shell_line/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tests/func/test_multi_cursor.sh
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/byte_count/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tests/func/test_coarse_undo.sh
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/mle ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 pre-test:
 	# Remove backup files generated by REINPLACE_CMD. Those must not exist
 	# for the tests to run properly.
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/tests -name '*.sh.bak' -delete
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/mle/distinfo b/editors/mle/distinfo
index 3b22cb6f77dc..df1d20081d28 100644
--- a/editors/mle/distinfo
+++ b/editors/mle/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1654130400
-SHA256 (adsr-mle-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 569316485fa3775d0bb7559ac176a63adb29467c7098b14c0072c821feb6226b
-SIZE (adsr-mle-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 135463
+TIMESTAMP = 1684964496
+SHA256 (adsr-mle-v1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 5275fcfc58d3d4890d074077d94497db488b2648287b3e48e67b00ea517b02ba
+SIZE (adsr-mle-v1.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 143618