diff --git a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
index 20a0caf469..e0a532636e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ (define-public retroarch
                  "--disable-builtinglslang")))))))
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
-       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg-4)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
        ("flac" ,flac)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("glslang" ,glslang)