diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/openjpeg b/config/rootfiles/common/openjpeg
index bafa62afc0..3540d22975 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/openjpeg
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/openjpeg
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 usr/bin/opj_compress
 usr/bin/opj_decompress
 usr/bin/opj_dump
-#usr/include/openjpeg-2.3
-#usr/include/openjpeg-2.3/openjpeg.h
-#usr/include/openjpeg-2.3/opj_config.h
-#usr/include/openjpeg-2.3/opj_stdint.h
+#usr/include/openjpeg-2.4
+#usr/include/openjpeg-2.4/openjpeg.h
+#usr/include/openjpeg-2.4/opj_config.h
+#usr/include/openjpeg-2.4/opj_stdint.h
 #usr/lib/libopenjp2.so
-usr/lib/libopenjp2.so.2.3.1
+usr/lib/libopenjp2.so.2.4.0
 usr/lib/libopenjp2.so.7
-#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.3
-#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.3/OpenJPEGConfig.cmake
-#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.3/OpenJPEGTargets-release.cmake
-#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.3/OpenJPEGTargets.cmake
+#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.4
+#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.4/OpenJPEGConfig.cmake
+#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.4/OpenJPEGTargets-release.cmake
+#usr/lib/openjpeg-2.4/OpenJPEGTargets.cmake
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libopenjp2.pc
diff --git a/lfs/openjpeg b/lfs/openjpeg
index 0b8dec3499..54fa693394 100644
--- a/lfs/openjpeg
+++ b/lfs/openjpeg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.3.1
+VER        = 2.4.0
 
 THISAPP    = openjpeg-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = ecc7e573592a5302dcdbade791f6aa6e48f6791c7412fdd44976f3619c8fc0cca7d904fa42013f33ab17dd0f569a76d3c49a73eccaf0a749d34f305362367af9
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = ab8907638ac041ce7dcbcbcd9624ea5e4b7542c9ec38a850e363c071c27c4bc8b16e207700b12e67d8d32bdd9b0838735bede27084090ce95105d32c539b09cf
 
 install : $(TARGET)