diff --git a/packages/conf-ffmpeg/conf-ffmpeg.1/opam b/packages/conf-ffmpeg/conf-ffmpeg.1/opam
index f72cd867bc52..5f163691da6f 100644
--- a/packages/conf-ffmpeg/conf-ffmpeg.1/opam
+++ b/packages/conf-ffmpeg/conf-ffmpeg.1/opam
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ depexts: [
   ["libavutil-dev" "libavformat-dev" "libavcodec-dev" "libavdevice-dev" "libavfilter-dev" "libswresample-dev" "libswscale-dev"] {os-family = "debian" | os-family = "ubuntu"}
   ["ffmpeg-dev"] {os-distribution = "alpine"}
   ["ffmpeg"] {os = "freebsd" | os-distribution = "arch" | os-distribution = "nixos" | os = "macos" & os-distribution = "homebrew"}
-  ["ffmpeg-devel"] {os-distribution = "centos" | os-family = "fedora" | os-family = "suse" | os-family = "opensuse"}
+  ["ffmpeg-free-devel"] {(os-distribution = "centos" & os-version >= "9") | (os-distribution = "fedora" & os-version >= "41")}
+  ["ffmpeg-devel"] {(os-distribution = "centos" & os-version < "9") | (os-family = "fedora" & os-version < "41") | os-family = "suse" | os-family = "opensuse"}
 ]
 synopsis: "Virtual package relying on FFmpeg"
 description: