diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk
index cc2a79fd98..53709c804c 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="x265"
-PKG_VERSION="2.8"
-PKG_SHA256="6e59f9afc0c2b87a46f98e33b5159d56ffb3558a49d8e3d79cb7fdc6b7aaa863"
+PKG_VERSION="2.9"
+PKG_SHA256="ebae687c84a39f54b995417c52a2fdde65a4e2e7ebac5730d251471304b91024"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html"