diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffpyplayer/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffpyplayer/__init__.py
index 6260037a70..545d4755d1 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffpyplayer/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffpyplayer/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 
 class FFPyPlayerRecipe(CythonRecipe):
-    version = 'v4.3.2'
-    url = 'https://github.com/matham/ffpyplayer/archive/{version}.zip'
+    version = '4.4.0'
+    url = 'https://github.com/matham/ffpyplayer/archive/refs/tags/v{version}.zip'
     depends = ['python3', 'sdl2', 'ffmpeg']
     opt_depends = ['openssl', 'ffpyplayer_codecs']