diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6853108a..377c4648 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ Currently FFmpeg 8.1.2 is built with the following packages enabled for all plat
 The following additional packages are also enabled on Linux:
 
 - gnutls 3.8.13
-- nettle 3.10.2
+- nettle 4.0
 - unistring 1.4.2
diff --git a/scripts/pkg.py b/scripts/pkg.py
index 957dc558..8f60d4cc 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.py
+++ b/scripts/pkg.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def __lt__(self, other):
     ),
     Package(
         name="nettle",
-        source_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.10.2.tar.gz",
-        sha256="fe9ff51cb1f2abb5e65a6b8c10a92da0ab5ab6eaf26e7fc2b675c45f1fb519b5",
+        source_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-4.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256="3addbc00da01846b232fb3bc453538ea5468da43033f21bb345cb1e9073f5094",
         requires=["gmp"],
         build_arguments=["--disable-documentation"],
     ),