diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index 4f66e5fa31..f9ede63c06 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -8084,7 +8084,7 @@
                         "presence": "always"
                     },
                     "src": {
-                        "caps": "audio/x-raw:\n         format: S16LE\n         layout: interleaved\n           rate: { (int)48000, (int)24000, (int)16000, (int)12000, (int)8000 }\n       channels: [ 1, 8 ]\n",
+                        "caps": "audio/x-raw:\n         format: S16LE\n         layout: interleaved\n           rate: { (int)48000, (int)24000, (int)16000, (int)12000, (int)8000 }\n       channels: [ 1, 255 ]\n",
                         "direction": "src",
                         "presence": "always"
                     }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
index 60f8879dc5..99289fa7d2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
         "format = (string) " GST_AUDIO_NE (S16) ", "
         "layout = (string) interleaved, "
         "rate = (int) { 48000, 24000, 16000, 12000, 8000 }, "
-        "channels = (int) [ 1, 8 ] ")
+        "channels = (int) [ 1, 255 ] ")
     );
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate opus_dec_sink_factory =