diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstcaps.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstcaps.c
index bbb9211abf..28a7dfe0ba 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstcaps.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstcaps.c
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@ gst_caps_new_empty_simple (const char *media_type)
   GstStructure *structure;
 
   caps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+  if (strcmp ("ANY", media_type) == 0) {
+    g_warning
+        ("media_type should not be ANY. Please consider using `gst_caps_new_any` or `gst_caps_from_string`.");
+  }
+  if (strcmp ("", media_type) == 0 || strcmp ("EMPTY", media_type) == 0
+      || strcmp ("NONE", media_type) == 0) {
+    g_warning
+        ("media_type should not be `%s`. Please consider using `gst_caps_new_empty` or `gst_caps_from_string`.",
+        media_type);
+  }
   structure = gst_structure_new_empty (media_type);
   if (structure)
     gst_caps_append_structure_unchecked (caps, structure, NULL);
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/pipelines/seek.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/pipelines/seek.c
index 5f7447bc57..bf89282899 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/pipelines/seek.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/pipelines/seek.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ dummy_parser_handle_frame (GstBaseParse * parse,
   if (((DummyParser *) parse)->caps_set == FALSE) {
     GstCaps *caps;
     /* push caps */
-    caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("ANY");
+    caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("video/x-raw");
     gst_pad_set_caps (GST_BASE_PARSE_SRC_PAD (parse), caps);
     gst_caps_unref (caps);
     ((DummyParser *) parse)->caps_set = TRUE;