diff --git a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.0-r1.ebuild b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
index 17c7a2e45a5f1..023f96f36c499 100644
--- a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ IUSE="amf +fdk gui libdovi numa nvenc qsv x265"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="numa? ( x265 )"
 
+# <media-libs/svt-av1-3.0.0: breaking change
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	>=app-arch/xz-utils-5.2.6
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=media-libs/libvpx-1.12.0:=
 	media-libs/opus
 	>=media-libs/speex-1.2.1
+	<media-libs/svt-av1-3.0.0
 	>=media-libs/svt-av1-1.4.1:=
 	>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20220222:=
 	>=media-libs/zimg-3.0.4
diff --git a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.2.ebuild b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.2.ebuild
index 95c6c604707cf..e087e934d3c4e 100644
--- a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.2.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-1.9.2.ebuild
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ IUSE="amf +fdk gui libdovi numa nvenc qsv x265"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="numa? ( x265 )"
 
+# <media-libs/svt-av1-3.0.0: breaking change
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	>=app-arch/xz-utils-5.2.6
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=media-libs/libvpx-1.12.0:=
 	media-libs/opus
 	>=media-libs/speex-1.2.1
+	<media-libs/svt-av1-3.0.0
 	>=media-libs/svt-av1-1.4.1:=
 	>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20220222:=
 	>=media-libs/zimg-3.0.4
diff --git a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-9999.ebuild b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-9999.ebuild
index 4c18487d9cc1b..81bcb6720ef68 100644
--- a/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/handbrake/handbrake-9999.ebuild
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=media-libs/libvpx-1.12.0:=
 	media-libs/opus
 	>=media-libs/speex-1.2.1
-	>=media-libs/svt-av1-1.4.1:=
+	>=media-libs/svt-av1-3.0.0:=
 	>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20220222:=
 	>=media-libs/zimg-3.0.4
 	media-sound/lame