diff --git a/install_ffmpeg.sh b/install_ffmpeg.sh
index c961b3b203..28af6cbf2f 100644
--- a/install_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/install_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if [ ! -e "$HOME/x264/x264" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -e "$HOME/ffmpeg/libavcodec/libavcodec.a" ]; then
-  git clone -b livepeer-2019_11_19 https://github.com/livepeer/FFmpeg "$HOME/ffmpeg" || echo "FFmpeg dir already exists"
+  git clone -b livepeer-2020_01_08 https://github.com/livepeer/FFmpeg "$HOME/ffmpeg" || echo "FFmpeg dir already exists"
   cd "$HOME/ffmpeg"
   ./configure --prefix="$HOME/compiled" --enable-libx264 --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-static
   make