diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 1f6a5ea339..ccfb370563 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ television and DVD.  It is also known as AC-3.")
 (define-public libx264
   (package
     (name "libx264")
-    (version "20170316-2245")
+    (version "20180219-2245")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://download.videolan.org/pub/x264/snapshots/"
                                   "x264-snapshot-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1s1nnvl3axz38sv4g09skijl6k9mbbngbb1nsh26w4dr2w2gyzad"))))
+                "166ahp82rn9xhiw9spisr8vhp516aylq1ggyddqdbi83w6fichcd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)