diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index 3f0ba8bae863..ec47450ab860 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
-    "-Dglib_assert=false" # asserts should be disabled on stable releases
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
 
     "-Damfcodec=disabled" # Windows-only
     "-Dandroidmedia=disabled" # Requires Android system.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
index a6e50190e11a..7deee2e29ee8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
     # See https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-base/blob/d64a4b7a69c3462851ff4dcfa97cc6f94cd64aef/meson_options.txt#L15 for a list of choices
     "-Dgl_winsys=${lib.concatStringsSep "," (lib.optional enableX11 "x11" ++ lib.optional enableWayland "wayland" ++ lib.optional enableCocoa "cocoa")}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index 3077d05725e0..d5a84e2ccbb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
     "-Ddbghelp=disabled" # not needed as we already provide libunwind and libdw, and dbghelp is a fallback to those
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
     (lib.mesonEnable "ptp-helper" withRust)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index ec64497c61b7..d81f85aa9cba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
-    "-Dglib_assert=false" # asserts should be disabled on stable releases
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
     (lib.mesonEnable "doc" enableDocumentation)
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!qt5Support) [
     "-Dqt5=disabled"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
index 5a53e9a7e609..ce5276cfe6dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
     "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
     (lib.mesonEnable "doc" enableDocumentation)
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 7d0684dcdcfd..6c438d6d6198 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dglib_debug=disabled" # cast checks should be disabled on stable releases
     "-Dsidplay=disabled" # sidplay / sidplay/player.h isn't packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
     (lib.mesonEnable "doc" enableDocumentation)
   ] ++ (if enableGplPlugins then [