diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 26f78eb832..16c861e833 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.")
 (define-public x265
   (package
     (name "x265")
-    (version "2.3")
+    (version "2.4")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video streams.")
                             "x265_" version ".tar.gz"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "07z4ydxg0lk6j43h0wlh2xddb91cy4y4mny2ln71d4278b1hllj7"))
+          "0afp0xlk0fb4q6j4sh3hyvjnjccdp61sn21zg3fyqvwgswcafalw"))
         (modules '((guix build utils)))
         (snippet
          '(delete-file-recursively "source/compat/getopt"))))