diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
index 92f690772ea6..ee749a2185d7 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
@@ -391,9 +391,6 @@
 - The `services.mxisd` module has been removed as both [mxisd](https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd) and [ma1sd](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd) are not maintained any longer.
   Consequently the package `pkgs.ma1sd` has also been removed.
 
-- `ffmpeg_5` has been removed. Please use the unversioned `ffmpeg`,
-  pin a newer version, or if necessary pin `ffmpeg_4` for compatibility.
-
 - The `xdg.portal.gtkUsePortal` option has been removed, as it had been deprecated for over 2 years. Using the `GTK_USE_PORTAL` environment variable in this manner is not intended nor encouraged by the GTK developers, but can still be done manually via `environment.sessionVariables`.
 
 - The `services.trust-dns` module has been renamed to `services.hickory-dns`.
@@ -425,6 +422,14 @@
 - Minimal installer ISOs are no longer built on the small channel.
   Please obtain installer images from the full release channels.
 
+- The default FFmpeg version is now 7, and FFmpeg 5 has been removed.
+  Please prefer using the package variants without a version suffix,
+  or pin FFmpeg 6 or 4 if necessary for compatibility.
+  Note that we keep old versions around only as required
+  to support packages in the tree,
+  and FFmpeg 4 especially should be avoided in favour of newer versions
+  as it may be removed soon.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-24.11-notable-changes}
 
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index f6a6403435e8..35964e0b202b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rec {
   # update to ffmpeg
   # Packages which use ffmpeg as a library, should pin to the relevant major
   # version number which the upstream support.
-  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_6;
-  ffmpeg-headless = ffmpeg_6-headless;
-  ffmpeg-full = ffmpeg_6-full;
+  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_7;
+  ffmpeg-headless = ffmpeg_7-headless;
+  ffmpeg-full = ffmpeg_7-full;
 }