diff --git a/runtime-multimedia/assimp/spec b/runtime-multimedia/assimp/spec
index eb8ecefa9b1..bf3fd42f892 100644
--- a/runtime-multimedia/assimp/spec
+++ b/runtime-multimedia/assimp/spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VER=5.3.1
+VER=5.4.0
 SRCS="git::commit=tags/v${VER}::https://github.com/assimp/assimp.git"
 CHKSUMS="SKIP"
 CHKUPDATE="anitya::id=6988"