diff --git a/video/ffv1/Cargo.toml b/video/ffv1/Cargo.toml
index 8f1d325f2..56bd29d89 100644
--- a/video/ffv1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/video/ffv1/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 ffv1 = { git = "https://github.com/rust-av/ffv1.git", rev = "2afb025a327173ce891954c052e804d0f880368a" }
-gst = { package = "gstreamer", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_18"] }
-gst-video = { package = "gstreamer-video", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_18"] }
+gst = { package = "gstreamer", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_12"] }
+gst-video = { package = "gstreamer-video", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_12"] }
 once_cell = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-gst-check = { package = "gstreamer-check", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_18"] }
+gst-check = { package = "gstreamer-check", git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer-rs", features = ["v1_12"] }
 [lib]
 name = "gstffv1"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 gst-plugin-version-helper = { path="../../version-helper" }
 
 [features]
-static = ["gst/v1_18"]
+# GStreamer 1.14 is required for static linking
+static = ["gst/v1_14"]
 capi = []
 
 [package.metadata.capi]