diff --git a/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh b/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
index 565577dceb70a1ddafd1cab14044fc47465339b2..7b74bc38186f8fd7fc4bb4d15aec49e951a81d96 100644
--- a/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ffmpeg/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+VERSION=3.3
 GIT=https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
-BRANCH=release/3.3
+BRANCH=release/$VERSION
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
 
 function recipe_update {
     echo "skipping update"