diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
index db69e2d6979..f3104757fe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.5.1";
+  version = "2.5.3";
   name = "ffmpeg-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0lpgqw3pcsxjnj167fgsp70zycbhndhcji7icvj4i58hz6r51kq3";
+    sha256 = "06j1cgw9h9ya5z8gpcf9v9zik3l4xz7sr4wshj06kznzz5z3sf4x";
   };
 
   subtitleSupport = config.ffmpeg.subtitle or true;