diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 0512358b225433a167a86b91b6d467cfe18868d4..84d6b5953475e3012ef36c23ce60d2af08b2fc98 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ (define-public mlt
              #t)))))
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-3.4)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
        ("fftw" ,fftw)
        ("frei0r-plugins" ,frei0r-plugins)
        ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)