diff --git a/_config b/_config
index 4865cdc..a2e0218 100644
--- a/_config
+++ b/_config
@@ -359,15 +359,15 @@ Substitute: kiwi-packagemanager:instsource product-builder-plugin-ALP
 Substitute: system-packages:kiwi-product product-builder
 
 # allow builds using docker tool
-Substitute: build-packages:docker !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
+Substitute: build-packages:docker !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !ffmpeg-7-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
 # FIXME re-add the pattern later patterns-base-fips
 
 # Podman based image building
-Substitute: build-packages:kiwi !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !log4j12-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
+Substitute: build-packages:kiwi !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !ffmpeg-7-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !log4j12-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
 # FIXME re-add the pattern later patterns-base-fips
 
 # To build ISO images
-Substitute: build-packages:iso !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !log4j12-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
+Substitute: build-packages:iso !cmake-mini !dummy-release !gettext-runtime-mini !gettext-tools-mini !ghostscript-mini !ffmpeg-5-mini-libs !ffmpeg-6-mini-libs !ffmpeg-7-mini-libs !gio-branding-upstream !krb5-mini !krb5-mini-devel !libsystemd0-mini !systemd-mini-container !libudev-mini-devel !libudev-mini1 !libuna-mini-devel !libuna1-mini !libunbound-devel-mini !log4j12-mini !postgresql15-devel-mini !systemd-mini !systemd-mini-devel !systemd-mini-sysvinit !udev-mini !libpxbackend-1_0-mini !libgarcon-branding-upstream
 
 # create conflicts for packages installed into the target image
 Substitute: kiwi python3-kiwi
@@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ Ignore: ffmpeg-5-mini-devel:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ffmpeg-5-mini-libs:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ffmpeg-6-mini-devel:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ffmpeg-6-mini-libs:this-is-only-for-build-envs
+Ignore: ffmpeg-7-mini-devel:this-is-only-for-build-envs
+Ignore: ffmpeg-7-mini-libs:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ghc-bootstrap-helpers:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ghc-bootstrap:this-is-only-for-build-envs
 Ignore: ghostscript-mini:this-is-only-for-build-envs
@@ -1776,8 +1778,8 @@ Prefer: -unzip-rcc
 Prefer: -primus -primus-32bit
 Prefer: -staging-build-key
 Prefer: -clutter-gst-devel
-# We have multiple versions of ffmpeg available, the preferred one is ffmpeg5, followd by 4, followed by 3
-%define ffmpeg_pref ffmpeg-5
+# We have multiple versions of ffmpeg available, the preferred one is ffmpeg7, followd by 4, followed by 3
+%define ffmpeg_pref ffmpeg-7
 Prefer: %{ffmpeg_pref}-mini-libs
 Prefer: %{ffmpeg_pref}-mini-devel
 Prefer: %{ffmpeg_pref} %{ffmpeg_pref}-libavcodec-devel %{ffmpeg_pref}-libavformat-devel %{ffmpeg_pref}-libavutil-devel %{ffmpeg_pref}-libswscale-devel %{ffmpeg_pref}-libavdevice-devel %{ffmpeg_pref}-libavfilter-devel
@@ -2214,6 +2216,8 @@ BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-5
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-5:ffmpeg-5-mini
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-6
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-6:ffmpeg-6-mini
+BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-7
+BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffmpeg-7:ffmpeg-7-mini
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:ffnvcodec
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:fftw3:standard
 BuildFlags: onlybuild:file