diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 5dae53026d..f3a6dee577 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static int put_wv_codecpriv(AVIOContext *pb, AVCodecParameters *par)
     if (par->extradata && par->extradata_size == 2)
         avio_write(pb, par->extradata, 2);
     else
-        avio_wl16(pb, 0x403); // fallback to the version mentioned in matroska specs
+        avio_wl16(pb, 0x410); // fallback to the most recent version
     return 0;
 }