diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/package.nix
index 88f13a04d03a..3d9d733de46d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   libsForQt5,
   scrcpy,
   android-tools,
-  ffmpeg_4,
+  ffmpeg,
   makeDesktopItem,
   copyDesktopItems,
 }:
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # remove predefined adb and scrcpy-server path
     # we later set them in wrapper
     ./remove_predefined_paths.patch
+
+    # remove avcodec_close which is deprecated in ffmpeg_7
+    # This doesn't affect functionality because
+    # it's followed by avcodec_free_context
+    ./remove_deprecated_avcodec_free_context.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -61,7 +66,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [
       scrcpy
-      ffmpeg_4
+      # Upstream vendors ffmpeg_4
+      ffmpeg
     ]
     ++ (with libsForQt5; [
       qtbase
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/remove_deprecated_avcodec_free_context.patch b/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/remove_deprecated_avcodec_free_context.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4037144d3bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qt/qtscrcpy/remove_deprecated_avcodec_free_context.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/device/decoder/decoder.cpp b/src/device/decoder/decoder.cpp
+index 79dec15..5f6979b 100644
+--- a/src/device/decoder/decoder.cpp
++++ b/QtScrcpy/QtScrcpyCore/src/device/decoder/decoder.cpp
+@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ void Decoder::close()
+     if (!m_codecCtx) {
+         return;
+     }
+-    if (m_isCodecCtxOpen) {
+-        avcodec_close(m_codecCtx);
+-    }
+     avcodec_free_context(&m_codecCtx);
+ }
+