diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index fee2cb7762..f32604c6e9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -614,14 +614,14 @@ standards (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3).")
 (define-public ffmpeg
   (package
     (name "ffmpeg")
-    (version "4.0.3")
+    (version "4.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-"
                                  version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1vg229mxcrm415cq6q1nfm891hm4x56mb5p4cqjnlqnky7ikfg15"))))
+               "150rrm549fy1x71c9whmyi5knyd9sliwvmcsm438bdgg4v8c93m3"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)