diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/ffmpeg6.patch b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/ffmpeg6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10780b42782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/ffmpeg6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+--- a/src/modules/mod_libavcodec/trgt_av.cpp	2022-10-25 09:14:12.000000000 -0400
++++ b/src/modules/mod_libavcodec/trgt_av.cpp	2023-05-05 21:34:17.899194559 -0400
+@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@
+ extern "C"
+ {
+ #ifdef HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT_AVFORMAT_H
++#	include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+ #	include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+ #elif defined(HAVE_AVFORMAT_H)
+ #	include <avformat.h>
+@@ -155,11 +156,11 @@
+     }
+ 
+ 	bool open_video_stream() {
+-		if (avcodec_open2(video_context, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
++		if (avcodec_open2(video_context, nullptr, nullptr) < 0) {
+ 			synfig::error("Target_LibAVCodec: could not open video codec");
+ 			// seems the calling of avcodec_free_context after error will cause crash
+ 			// so just forget about this context
+-			video_context = NULL;
++			video_context = nullptr;
+ 			close();
+ 			return false;
+         }
+@@ -234,15 +235,21 @@
+ 		close();
+ 
+ 		if (!av_registered) {
++#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58 // FFMPEG < 4.0
+ 			av_register_all();
++#endif
+ 			av_registered = true;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		// guess format
+-		AVOutputFormat *format = av_guess_format(NULL, filename.c_str(), NULL);
++#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 59 // FFMPEG < 5.0
++		AVOutputFormat* format = av_guess_format(nullptr, filename.c_str(), nullptr);
++#else
++		const AVOutputFormat* format = av_guess_format(nullptr, filename.c_str(), nullptr);
++#endif
+ 		if (!format) {
+ 			synfig::warning("Target_LibAVCodec: unable to guess the output format, defaulting to MPEG");
+-			format = av_guess_format("mpeg", NULL, NULL);
++			format = av_guess_format("mpeg", nullptr, nullptr);
+ 		}
+ 		if (!format) {
+ 			synfig::error("Target_LibAVCodec: unable to find 'mpeg' output format");
+@@ -254,6 +261,7 @@
+ 		context = avformat_alloc_context();
+ 		assert(context);
+ 		context->oformat = format;
++#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58 // FFMPEG < 4.0
+ 		if (filename.size() + 1 > sizeof(context->filename)) {
+ 			synfig::error(
+ 				"Target_LibAVCodec: filename too long, max length is %d, filename is '%s'",
+@@ -263,6 +271,14 @@
+ 			return false;
+ 		}
+ 		memcpy(context->filename, filename.c_str(), filename.size() + 1);
++#else
++		context->url = av_strndup(filename.c_str(), filename.size());
++		if (!context->url) {
++			synfig::error("Target_LibAVCodec: cannot allocate space for filename");
++			close();
++			return false;
++		}
++#endif
+ 
+ 		packet = av_packet_alloc();
+ 		assert(packet);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/template b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
index 510eb2b4dbf..6308bdf1758 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # Should be kept in sync with 'synfigstudio' and 'ETL'
 pkgname=synfig
 version=1.4.5
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
 hostmakedepends="boost-build ImageMagick pkg-config intltool"
-makedepends="ETL gettext-devel libxml++-devel mlt-devel libmagick-devel
- libmng-devel boost-build boost-devel libopenexr-devel ffmpeg-devel"
+makedepends="ETL gettext-devel libxml++-devel mlt7-devel libmagick-devel
+ libmng-devel boost-build boost-devel libopenexr-devel ffmpeg6-devel"
 depends="ImageMagick"
 short_desc="CLI 2D vector and timeline-based animation software"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11 -DHAVE_LOCALE_H=1"
 
 synfig-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}
-	 libopenexr-devel libxml++-devel mlt-devel"
+	 libopenexr-devel libxml++-devel mlt7-devel"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/synfig-config