diff --git a/media-libs/avidemux-core/avidemux-core-2.8.1-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/avidemux-core/avidemux-core-2.8.1-r1.ebuild
index 617721f52e317..e7d80e19f8ac5 100644
--- a/media-libs/avidemux-core/avidemux-core-2.8.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/avidemux-core/avidemux-core-2.8.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	nvenc? ( amd64? ( media-libs/nv-codec-headers ) )
 	sdl? ( media-libs/libsdl )
-	system-ffmpeg? ( >=media-video/ffmpeg-9:0[mp3,theora] )
+	system-ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[lame(-),theora] )
 	vaapi? ( media-libs/libva:= )
 	vdpau? ( x11-libs/libvdpau )
 	xv? ( x11-libs/libXv )