diff --git a/frontend/cmake/feature-whatsnew.cmake b/frontend/cmake/feature-whatsnew.cmake
index fe5fb4437..46620fad1 100644
--- a/frontend/cmake/feature-whatsnew.cmake
+++ b/frontend/cmake/feature-whatsnew.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(ENABLE_WHATSNEW AND TARGET OBS::browser-panels)
     include(cmake/feature-macos-update.cmake)
   elseif(OS_LINUX)
     set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG TRUE)
-    find_package(MbedTLS REQUIRED)
+    find_package(MbedTLS 3...<4 REQUIRED)
     set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG FALSE)
     find_package(nlohmann_json 3.11 REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/frontend/cmake/os-windows.cmake b/frontend/cmake/os-windows.cmake
index e8c6e0ca8..4c65aca6b 100644
--- a/frontend/cmake/os-windows.cmake
+++ b/frontend/cmake/os-windows.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(NOT TARGET OBS::w32-pthreads)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG TRUE)
-find_package(MbedTLS REQUIRED)
+find_package(MbedTLS 3...<4 REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG FALSE)
 find_package(Detours REQUIRED)
 find_package(nlohmann_json 3.11 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d3778df6..ef669862b 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28...3.30)
 
 set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG TRUE)
-find_package(MbedTLS REQUIRED)
+find_package(MbedTLS 3...<4 REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG FALSE)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(jansson REQUIRED)