diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index bebe4f8a0d4b93b36122fc676fc6cd3adb1b9209..f183c1ed0a0d93deb2c39106c7d05f2d1fa88223 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void show_version(void) {
            "libavcodec  %d\n"
            "libavformat %d\n"
            "libavdevice %d\n",
-           LIBAVUTIL_BUILD, avcodec_build(), LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD, LIBAVDEVICE_BUILD);
+           LIBAVUTIL_BUILD, avcodec_version(), LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD, LIBAVDEVICE_BUILD);
 }
 
 void show_license(void)