diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py
index 9533905303..6ac914845f 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/regex/__init__.py
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 class RegexRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     name = 'regex'
-    version = '2017.07.28'
-    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/d1/23/5fa829706ee1d4452552eb32e0bfc1039553e01f50a8754c6f7152e85c1b/regex-{version}.tar.gz'
+    version = '2019.06.08'
+    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/regex/regex-{version}.tar.gz'  # noqa
 
     depends = ['setuptools']
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
 
 
 recipe = RegexRecipe()