diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index dc044fe2fcd..91b8e0fa73e 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ libQt5TextToSpeech.so.5 qt5-speech-5.15.2_3
 libQt5Bodymovin.so.5 qt5-lottie-5.15.2_3
 libQt5WebKit.so.5 qt5-webkit-5.6.0_1
 libQt5WebKitWidgets.so.5 qt5-webkit-5.6.0_1
-libx265.so.215 x265-4.1_1
+libx265.so.216 x265-4.2_1
 libQt5Xdg.so.3 libqt5xdg-3.2.0_1
 libQt5XdgIconLoader.so.3 libqt5xdg-3.2.0_1
 libQt6Xdg.so.4 libqtxdg-4.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/x265/patches/cmake-4.patch b/srcpkgs/x265/patches/cmake-4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 15e2d363e07..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/x265/patches/cmake-4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -6,15 +6,9 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-         FORCE)
- endif()
- message(STATUS "cmake version ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
--if(POLICY CMP0025)
--    cmake_policy(SET CMP0025 OLD) # report Apple's Clang as just Clang
--endif()
- if(POLICY CMP0042)
-     cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW) # MACOSX_RPATH
- endif()
--if(POLICY CMP0054)
--    cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 OLD) # Only interpret if() arguments as variables or keywords when unquoted
--endif()
- 
- project (x265)
- cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.8) # OBJECT libraries require 2.8.8
diff --git a/srcpkgs/x265/template b/srcpkgs/x265/template
index d73d7a7254e..641b9950ee2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/x265/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/x265/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'x265'
 pkgname=x265
-version=4.1
+version=4.2
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc=source
 build_style=cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ short_desc="Open Source H.265/HEVC video encoder"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://x265.org/"
-distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/get/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7d23cdcdbd510728202c0dfbf7c51eda26a395de2096c504c2b10d6035711102
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Multicorewareinc/x265/refs/heads/master/doc/reST/releasenotes.rst"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Multicorewareinc/x265/releases/download/${version}/x265_${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=40b1ea0453e0309f0eba934e0ddf533f8f6295966679e8894e8f1c1c8d5e1210
 
 build_options="altivec assembly"