diff --git a/ci/build-dep-zstd b/ci/build-dep-zstd
index 8996f4a2..c336ef50 100755
--- a/ci/build-dep-zstd
+++ b/ci/build-dep-zstd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # download, build and install the zstd library
 
-version=1.3.7
+version=1.4.5
 dir=tmp-cached-zstd
 stamp="$dir/.last-build-zstd"
 here=`pwd`