diff --git a/libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c b/libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c
index 567b95b129..e802c6b872 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_mbedtls.c
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ static int tls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags, AVDictionary **op
     }
 
 #ifdef MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_3
-    // mbedTLS does not allow disabling certificate verification with TLSv1.3 (yes, really).
-    if (!shr->verify) {
+    // this version does not allow disabling certificate verification with TLSv1.3 (yes, really).
+    if (mbedtls_version_get_number() == 0x03060000 && !shr->verify) {
         av_log(h, AV_LOG_INFO, "Forcing TLSv1.2 because certificate verification is disabled\n");
         mbedtls_ssl_conf_max_tls_version(&tls_ctx->ssl_config, MBEDTLS_SSL_VERSION_TLS1_2);
     }