diff --git a/package/bitstream/bitstream.hash b/package/bitstream/bitstream.hash
index 7a3b7f8633..a62f733d86 100644
--- a/package/bitstream/bitstream.hash
+++ b/package/bitstream/bitstream.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# from https://get.videolan.org/bitstream/1.1/bitstream-1.1.tar.bz2.md5
-md5 88e6e786242196b4d73a5b6075aeb1a2 bitstream-1.1.tar.bz2
-# locally calculated
-sha256 90b65f619895d31e652386d5d7d2d2d62cccd44383c1fac9145d659013a2de9e bitstream-1.1.tar.bz2
+# From https://get.videolan.org/bitstream/1.2/bitstream-1.2.tar.bz2
+sha256 ccfbb438711606de1fad881b58c8f134e2d82b4d53a88ea48f2d1bcb49ca5ad2  bitstream-1.2.tar.bz2
+# From https://get.videolan.org/bitstream/1.2/bitstream-1.2.tar.bz2.md5
+md5 c4b2dbd84eb5799f1525eb9a4e01dc56  bitstream-1.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/bitstream/bitstream.mk b/package/bitstream/bitstream.mk
index 9c8c6f5ca2..0b28ffe756 100644
--- a/package/bitstream/bitstream.mk
+++ b/package/bitstream/bitstream.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BITSTREAM_VERSION = 1.1
+BITSTREAM_VERSION = 1.2
 BITSTREAM_SOURCE = bitstream-$(BITSTREAM_VERSION).tar.bz2
 BITSTREAM_SITE = https://get.videolan.org/bitstream/$(BITSTREAM_VERSION)
 BITSTREAM_LICENSE = MIT