diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix
index 89674dc9f6a0..70e5fd0e8b8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chromaprint/package.nix
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       };
 
       # sha256 because actual output of fpcalc is quite long
-      expectedHash = "c47ae40e02caf798ff5ab4d91ff00cfdca8f6786c581662436941d3e000c9aac";
+      expectedHash = "e2895130bcbe7190184379021daa60c5f5d476da4a2fecb06df7160819662e20";
     in
     ''
       runHook preCheck
       tests/all_tests
-      ${lib.optionalString withTools "diff -u <(src/cmd/fpcalc ${exampleAudio} | sha256sum | cut -c-64) <(echo '${expectedHash}')"}
+      ${lib.optionalString withTools "diff -u <(src/cmd/fpcalc -plain ${exampleAudio} | sha256sum | cut -c-64) <(echo '${expectedHash}')"}
       runHook postCheck
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlt/package.nix
index 41e7af71554e..ae965a28077c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlt/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   which,
-  ffmpeg,
+  ffmpeg_7,
   fftw,
   frei0r,
   libdv,
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    (opencv4.override { inherit ffmpeg; })
-    ffmpeg
+    (opencv4.override { inherit ffmpeg_7; })
+    ffmpeg_7
     fftw
     frei0r
     libdv
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    inherit ffmpeg;
+    ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
   };
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index cc0332510307..1db45f0d2feb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ rec {
   # unversioned aliases to allow for quicker migration to new releases,
   # but can pin one of the versioned variants if they do not work with
   # the current default version.
-  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
-  ffmpeg-headless = ffmpeg_7-headless;
-  ffmpeg-full = ffmpeg_7-full;
+  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_8;
+  ffmpeg-headless = ffmpeg_8-headless;
+  ffmpeg-full = ffmpeg_8-full;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
index f3a264cf2644..ef861e8ee153 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   enableVtk ? false,
   vtk,
   enableFfmpeg ? true,
-  ffmpeg,
+  ffmpeg_7,
   enableGStreamer ? true,
   elfutils,
   gst_all_1,
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ effectiveStdenv.mkDerivation {
     openjpeg
   ]
   ++ optionals enableFfmpeg [
-    ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg_7
   ]
   ++ optionals (enableGStreamer && effectiveStdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) [
     elfutils