diff --git a/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py b/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
index 51d17525..d06514af 100644
--- a/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
+++ b/scripts/build-ffmpeg.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
     Package(
         name="x265",
         requires=["cmake"],
-        source_url="https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/downloads/x265_3.5.tar.gz",
+        source_url="https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/downloads/x265_4.1.tar.gz",
         build_system="cmake",
         source_dir="source",
         gpl=True,