diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index f98fce05c..5a0792bde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 0.96.10
 
+* added support for ffmpeg5 libraries.
 * fixed race condition in WasapiOut that caused the app to crash.
 * fixed `-rpath` for macOS build.
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/FfmpegDecoder.cpp b/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/FfmpegDecoder.cpp
index 99ab91ef1..424e0677a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/FfmpegDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder/FfmpegDecoder.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ bool FfmpegDecoder::Open(musik::core::sdk::IDataStream *stream) {
 
             if (this->formatContext->iformat) {
                 if (avformat_open_input(&this->formatContext, "", nullptr, nullptr) == 0) {
-                    AVCodec* codec = nullptr;
+                    const AVCodec* codec = nullptr;
                     if (avformat_find_stream_info(this->formatContext, nullptr) >= 0) {
                         this->streamId = av_find_best_stream(
                             this->formatContext,
@@ -576,4 +576,4 @@ AVFrame* FfmpegDecoder::AllocFrame(AVFrame* original, AVSampleFormat format, int
         }
     }
     return original;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.cpp b/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.cpp
index a406b9f05..ebfdc0f60 100644
--- a/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void logError(const std::string& message) {
     }
 }
 
-static AVSampleFormat resolveSampleFormat(AVCodec *codec) {
+static AVSampleFormat resolveSampleFormat(const AVCodec *codec) {
     if (!codec->sample_fmts) {
         return AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE;
     }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static AVSampleFormat resolveSampleFormat(AVCodec *codec) {
     return codec->sample_fmts[0];
 }
 
-static int resolveSampleRate(AVCodec* codec, int preferredSampleRate) {
+static int resolveSampleRate(const AVCodec* codec, int preferredSampleRate) {
     const int *p;
     int highestRate = 0;
     if (!codec->supported_samplerates) {
@@ -634,4 +634,4 @@ AVFrame* FfmpegEncoder::ReallocFrame(
     return original;
 }
 
-#endif // ENABLE_FFMPEG
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // ENABLE_FFMPEG
diff --git a/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.h b/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.h
index d269e16c2..6f365bdf1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.h
+++ b/src/plugins/stockencoders/FfmpegEncoder.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class FfmpegEncoder : public musik::core::sdk::IBlockingEncoder {
         IDataStream* out;
         int readBufferSize;
         AVAudioFifo* outputFifo;
-        AVCodec* outputCodec;
+        const AVCodec* outputCodec;
         AVCodecContext* outputContext;
         AVFormatContext* outputFormatContext;
         AVIOContext* ioContext;
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ class FfmpegEncoder : public musik::core::sdk::IBlockingEncoder {
         int inputSampleRate;
 };
 
-#endif // ENABLE_FFMPEG
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // ENABLE_FFMPEG