diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
index 6986cd3dc9d1..ff9f80c12ac1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacity/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 , libid3tag
 , libopus
 , libuuid
-, ffmpeg_4
+, ffmpeg_6
 , soundtouch
 , pcre
 , portaudio # given up fighting their portaudio.patch?
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     expat
-    ffmpeg_4
+    ffmpeg_6
     file
     flac
     gtk3
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # - Add the ffmpeg dynamic dependency
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/audacity" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib/audacity":${lib.makeLibraryPath [ ffmpeg_4 ]} \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib/audacity":${lib.makeLibraryPath [ ffmpeg_6 ]} \
       --suffix AUDACITY_MODULES_PATH : "$out/lib/audacity/modules" \
       --suffix AUDACITY_PATH : "$out/share/audacity"
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''