diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog b/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
index df04a444e9..f118338346 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/changelog
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ Updated to version 2.0.0
 14/08/2024:
 
 Updated to version 2.1.2
+
+04/09/2024:
+
+Updated to version 2.2.1
diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
index 82c572abbf..8889eae5b8 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.SlackBuild
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=svt-av1
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.1.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
-DIR=${DIR:-SVT-AV1-v2.1.2}
+DIR=${DIR:-SVT-AV1-v2.2.1}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ make -C build
 make -C build install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" \
-  | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+  | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note 2> /dev/null || true
 
 # Don't ship .la files:
 rm -f $PKG/{,usr/}lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
diff --git a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
index 0d24a2970d..5c1edb2e6b 100644
--- a/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
+++ b/multimedia/svt-av1/svt-av1.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="svt-av1"
-VERSION="2.1.2"
+VERSION="2.2.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/archive/v2.1.2/SVT-AV1-v2.1.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="06d73491cb1bd8d191a8fc8d44fecd97"
+DOWNLOAD="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/archive/v2.2.1/SVT-AV1-v2.2.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="332e5054fb8cc40e987513f848b36ed3"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""