diff --git a/Lib/sre_parse.py b/Lib/sre_parse.py
index a50191ec9b0..4286aca29c9 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_parse.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_parse.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 SPECIAL_CHARS = ".\\[{()*+?^$|"
 REPEAT_CHARS  = "*+?{"
 
-DIGITS = tuple("012345689")
+DIGITS = tuple("0123456789")
 
 OCTDIGITS = tuple("01234567")
 HEXDIGITS = tuple("0123456789abcdefABCDEF")