diff --git a/package/libebml/libebml.hash b/package/libebml/libebml.hash
index 88511f7b93..f06924076e 100644
--- a/package/libebml/libebml.hash
+++ b/package/libebml/libebml.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	c6a792f4127b8059bc446fb32391e6633811f45748d7d7ba873d7028362f5e3e	libebml-1.3.10.tar.xz
-sha256	dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551	LICENSE.LGPL
+sha256  80abc9a82549615018798ee704997270a39b43de9a6e7e0d23b62f8ce682c4b3  libebml-1.4.0.tar.xz
+sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  LICENSE.LGPL
diff --git a/package/libebml/libebml.mk b/package/libebml/libebml.mk
index 549d2f8e6f..911093f5ce 100644
--- a/package/libebml/libebml.mk
+++ b/package/libebml/libebml.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEBML_VERSION = 1.3.10
+LIBEBML_VERSION = 1.4.0
 LIBEBML_SOURCE = libebml-$(LIBEBML_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBEBML_SITE = http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml
 LIBEBML_INSTALL_STAGING = YES