diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index f6b39921..89aefba9 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
                         "writable": true
                     }
                 },
-                "rank": "primary + 1"
+                "rank": "primary"
             }
         },
         "filename": "gstdav1d",
diff --git a/video/dav1d/src/dav1ddec/mod.rs b/video/dav1d/src/dav1ddec/mod.rs
index 8d427128..e73b3cf5 100644
--- a/video/dav1d/src/dav1ddec/mod.rs
+++ b/video/dav1d/src/dav1ddec/mod.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ glib::wrapper! {
 }
 
 pub fn register(plugin: &gst::Plugin) -> Result<(), glib::BoolError> {
-    gst::Element::register(
-        Some(plugin),
-        "dav1ddec",
-        gst::Rank::Primary + 1,
-        Dav1dDec::static_type(),
-    )
+    let rank = if gst::version() >= (1, 21, 2, 1) {
+        // AOM av1dec rank was demoted in 1.22 dev cycle
+        // https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3287
+        gst::Rank::Primary
+    } else {
+        gst::Rank::Primary + 1
+    };
+
+    gst::Element::register(Some(plugin), "dav1ddec", rank, Dav1dDec::static_type())
 }