diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/wl-screenrec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/wayland/wl-screenrec/default.nix
index 47fecd9850c8..5bba48bd9b46 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/wl-screenrec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/wl-screenrec/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pkg-config
 , libdrm
-, ffmpeg
+, ffmpeg_6
 , wayland
 }:
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [
     wayland
     libdrm
-    ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg_6
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # tests use host compositor, etc