diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
index c9d3de8..f9fd1ed 100644
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Simple x264/x265 Launcher version history 
 ----------------------------------------- 
 
+Version 2.74 [2016-07-18]
+* Updated x265 to version 2.0+2
+
 Version 2.73 [2016-07-03]
 * Updated x264 to revision 2705
 * Updated x265 to version 1.9+227
diff --git a/src/encoder_x265.cpp b/src/encoder_x265.cpp
index c1eb072..9e22be6 100644
--- a/src/encoder_x265.cpp
+++ b/src/encoder_x265.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #include <QPair>
 
 //x265 version info
-static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_VER =  19;
-static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_REV = 227;
+static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_VER = 20;
+static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_REV =  0;
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helper Macros
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 930a282..22487e8 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 #define VER_X264_MAJOR 2
 #define VER_X264_MINOR 7
-#define VER_X264_PATCH 3
-#define VER_X264_BUILD 1036
+#define VER_X264_PATCH 4
+#define VER_X264_BUILD 1038
 
 #define VER_X264_PORTABLE_EDITION (0)