diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0-r2.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0-r2.ebuild
index faeaa3599958e..ecf37696d95d5 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
 	system-ffmpeg? (
 		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[dav1d?,encode,postproc]
-		media-video/ffmpeg[openssl]
+		=media-video/ffmpeg-4*[openssl]
 	)
 	!system-ffmpeg? (
 		app-arch/bzip2
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.1-r2.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.1-r2.ebuild
index 5bde5d65c24b4..efdac5ce5b37c 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
 	system-ffmpeg? (
 		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[dav1d?,encode,postproc]
-		media-video/ffmpeg[openssl]
+		=media-video/ffmpeg-4*[openssl]
 	)
 	!system-ffmpeg? (
 		app-arch/bzip2
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.2-r1.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.2-r1.ebuild
index 43807b2c05ddd..e7ae7fe13ec75 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
 	system-ffmpeg? (
 		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[dav1d?,encode,postproc]
-		media-video/ffmpeg[openssl]
+		=media-video/ffmpeg-4*[openssl]
 	)
 	!system-ffmpeg? (
 		app-arch/bzip2
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.3-r1.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.3-r1.ebuild
index 451ff9a7933de..4794c16bf228b 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
 	system-ffmpeg? (
 		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[dav1d?,encode,postproc]
-		media-video/ffmpeg[openssl]
+		=media-video/ffmpeg-4*[openssl]
 	)
 	!system-ffmpeg? (
 		app-arch/bzip2
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
index 451ff9a7933de..4794c16bf228b 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-19.9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
 	system-ffmpeg? (
 		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[dav1d?,encode,postproc]
-		media-video/ffmpeg[openssl]
+		=media-video/ffmpeg-4*[openssl]
 	)
 	!system-ffmpeg? (
 		app-arch/bzip2