diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 58b3792..f8a6d2e 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 27 13:54:03 UTC 2024 - Manfred Hollstein <manfred.h@gmx.net>
+
+- Restrict required version for libav* to avoid pulling in ffmpeg-6
+  packages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 14 13:14:32 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index df6cbff..4534243 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libplacebo) < 6.292.0
 BuildRequires:  speex-devel >= 1.0.5
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  vcdimager-devel
+BuildRequires:  (pkgconfig(libavcodec) >= 57.37.100 with pkgconfig(libavcodec) < 60)
+BuildRequires:  (pkgconfig(libavformat) >= 53.21.0 with pkgconfig(libavformat) < 60)
+BuildRequires:  (pkgconfig(libavutil) >= 52.4.0 with pkgconfig(libavutil) < 58)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Core) >= 5.5.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Gui)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Svg)
@@ -132,9 +135,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fdk-aac)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gnutls) >= 3.2.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libarchive) >= 3.1.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libass) >= 0.9.8
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec) >= 57.37.100
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat) >= 53.21.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavutil) >= 52.4.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libbluray) >= 0.6.2
 %if %dca
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libdca) >= 0.0.5