diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 12347318696c..0f5d88984566 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   patches = map (patch: fetchpatch patch) (extraPatches
-    ++ (lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "6" && lib.versionOlder version "6.1")
+    ++ (lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "6" && lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "6.1")
       { # this can be removed post 6.1
         name = "fix_aacps_tablegen";
         url = "https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/patch/814178f92647be2411516bbb82f48532373d2554";
         hash = "sha256-FQV9/PiarPXCm45ldtCsxGHjlrriL8DKpn1LaKJ8owI=";
       }
     )
-    ++ (lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "6.1" && lib.versionOlder version "6.2")
+    ++ (lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "6.1" && lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "6.2")
       { # this can be removed post 6.1
         name = "fix_build_failure_due_to_PropertyKey_EncoderID";
         url = "https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/patch/cb049d377f54f6b747667a93e4b719380c3e9475";
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature buildAvdevice "avdevice")
     (enableFeature buildAvfilter "avfilter")
     (enableFeature buildAvformat "avformat")
-  ] ++ optionals (lib.versionOlder version "5") [
+  ] ++ optionals (lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "5") [
     # Ffmpeg > 4 doesn't know about the flag anymore
     (enableFeature buildAvresample "avresample")
   ] ++ [
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withModplug "libmodplug")
     (enableFeature withMysofa "libmysofa")
     (enableFeature withOpus "libopus")
-    (optionalString (versionAtLeast version "5.0" && withLibplacebo) "--enable-libplacebo")
+    (optionalString (versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "5.0" && withLibplacebo) "--enable-libplacebo")
     (enableFeature withSvg "librsvg")
     (enableFeature withSrt "libsrt")
     (enableFeature withSsh "libssh")
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withZimg "libzimg")
     (enableFeature withZlib "zlib")
     (enableFeature withVulkan "vulkan")
-    (optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast version "5") (enableFeature withShaderc "libshaderc"))
+    (optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "5") (enableFeature withShaderc "libshaderc"))
     (enableFeature withSamba "libsmbclient")
     /*
      * Developer flags
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # TODO This was always in buildInputs before, why?
   buildInputs = optionals withFullDeps [ libdc1394 ]
   ++ optionals (withFullDeps && !stdenv.isDarwin) [ libraw1394 ] # TODO where does this belong to
-  ++ optionals (withNvdec || withNvenc) [ (if (lib.versionAtLeast version "6") then nv-codec-headers-12 else nv-codec-headers) ]
+  ++ optionals (withNvdec || withNvenc) [ (if (lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "6") then nv-codec-headers-12 else nv-codec-headers) ]
   ++ optionals withAlsa [ alsa-lib ]
   ++ optionals withAom [ libaom ]
   ++ optionals withAribcaption [ libaribcaption ]
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withIconv [ libiconv ] # On Linux this should be in libc, do we really need it?
   ++ optionals withJack [ libjack2 ]
   ++ optionals withLadspa [ ladspaH ]
-  ++ optionals withLibplacebo [ (if (lib.versionAtLeast version "6.1") then libplacebo else libplacebo_5) vulkan-headers ]
+  ++ optionals withLibplacebo [ (if (lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "6.1") then libplacebo else libplacebo_5) vulkan-headers ]
   ++ optionals withLzma [ xz ]
   ++ optionals withMfx [ intel-media-sdk ]
   ++ optionals withModplug [ libmodplug ]
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video";
     homepage = "https://www.ffmpeg.org/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n${version}/Changelog";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n${finalAttrs.version}/Changelog";
     longDescription = ''
       FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode,
       mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines