diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index b8d0d456d5e818697c4ef7598979669a1219066d..9ed0f4baed0b5a5aa72229c93d71d170e3dec2ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ (define-public mkvtoolnix
 (define-public x265
   (package
     (name "x265")
-    (version "2.7")
+    (version "2.8")
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ (define-public x265
                             "x265_" version ".tar.gz"))
         (sha256
          (base32
-          "18llni1m8kfvdwy5bp950z6gyd0nijmvi3hzd6gd8vpy5yk5zrym"))
+          "0qx8mavwdzdpkkby7n29i9av7zsnklavacwfz537mf62q2pzjnbf"))
         (modules '((guix build utils)))
         (snippet
          '(begin