diff --git a/kde-apps/kdenlive/kdenlive-9999.ebuild b/kde-apps/kdenlive/kdenlive-9999.ebuild
index 96d10ac4a7e..30487f8e67b 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kdenlive/kdenlive-9999.ebuild
+++ b/kde-apps/kdenlive/kdenlive-9999.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:6
 	>=kde-frameworks/purpose-${KFMIN}:6
 	>=kde-frameworks/solid-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=media-libs/mlt-7.22.0-r1[ffmpeg,frei0r,qt6,sdl,xml]
+	>=media-libs/mlt-7.28.0[ffmpeg,frei0r,qt6,sdl,xml]
 	v4l? ( media-libs/libv4l )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}