diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 5daa03935b..cdaa6a6cd2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegOclCuTonemapMode = new Version(5, 1, 3);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegSvtAv1Params = new Version(5, 1);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegVaapiH26xEncA53CcSei = new Version(6, 0);
-        private readonly Version _minFFmpegAutoscaleOption = new Version(4, 4);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegReadrateOption = new Version(5, 0);
 
         private static readonly string[] _videoProfilesH264 = new[]
@@ -1223,7 +1222,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             // Disable auto inserted SW scaler for HW decoders in case of changed resolution.
             var isSwDecoder = string.IsNullOrEmpty(GetHardwareVideoDecoder(state, options));
-            if (!isSwDecoder && _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion >= _minFFmpegAutoscaleOption)
+            if (!isSwDecoder)
             {
                 arg.Append(" -noautoscale");
             }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
index 6549125d36..6579f1abe5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs
@@ -146,17 +146,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
             { 5, new string[] { "overlay_vulkan", "Action to take when encountering EOF from secondary input" } }
         };
 
-        // These are the library versions that corresponds to our minimum ffmpeg version 4.x according to the version table below
+        // These are the library versions that corresponds to our minimum ffmpeg version 4.4 according to the version table below
+        // Refers to the versions in https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
         private static readonly Dictionary<string, Version> _ffmpegMinimumLibraryVersions = new Dictionary<string, Version>
         {
-            { "libavutil", new Version(56, 14) },
-            { "libavcodec", new Version(58, 18) },
-            { "libavformat", new Version(58, 12) },
-            { "libavdevice", new Version(58, 3) },
-            { "libavfilter", new Version(7, 16) },
-            { "libswscale", new Version(5, 1) },
-            { "libswresample", new Version(3, 1) },
-            { "libpostproc", new Version(55, 1) }
+            { "libavutil", new Version(56, 70) },
+            { "libavcodec", new Version(58, 134) },
+            { "libavformat", new Version(58, 76) },
+            { "libavdevice", new Version(58, 13) },
+            { "libavfilter", new Version(7, 110) },
+            { "libswscale", new Version(5, 9) },
+            { "libswresample", new Version(3, 9) },
+            { "libpostproc", new Version(55, 9) }
         };
 
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         }
 
         // When changing this, also change the minimum library versions in _ffmpegMinimumLibraryVersions
-        public static Version MinVersion { get; } = new Version(4, 0);
+        public static Version MinVersion { get; } = new Version(4, 4);
 
         public static Version? MaxVersion { get; } = null;