diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.5.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.12.bb
similarity index 74%
rename from meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.5.bb
rename to meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.12.bb
index d0ecd04f16..3c9f899491 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.5.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/libde265/libde265_1.0.12.bb
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-only & MIT"
 LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=695b556799abb2435c97a113cdca512f"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/releases/download/v${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e3f277d8903408615a5cc34718b391b83c97c646faea4f41da93bac5ee08a87f"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/strukturag/libde265.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
+SRCREV = "a267c84707ab264928fa9b86de2ee749c48c318c"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-sherlock265 --disable-dec265"