diff --git a/packages/grep/build.sh b/packages/grep/build.sh
index fd1234de2..b95a61421 100644
--- a/packages/grep/build.sh
+++ b/packages/grep/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Command which searches one or more input files for lines containing a match to a specified pattern"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=3.3
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/grep/grep-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b960541c499619efd6afe1fa795402e4733c8e11ebf9fafccc0bb4bccdc5b514
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, pcre"
+TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=yes
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$TERMUX_DEBUG" == "true" ]; then