diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 8b810120b80b..512ec3a4bf16 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
      */
     (enableFeature withAlsa "alsa")
     # FIXME: see if jellyfin-ffmpeg is already on a version >= 6.1 to use enableFeature
-    (optionalString withAribcaption "--enable-libaribcaption")
+    (optionalString (withAribcaption && lib.versionAtLeast finalAttrs.version "6.1") "--enable-libaribcaption")
     (enableFeature withBzlib "bzlib")
     (enableFeature withCelt "libcelt")
     (enableFeature withCuda "cuda")