diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/arm/build.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/arm/build.sh
index 6371095d2..45042f19f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/arm/build.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/arm/build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # intentional
 set -- $FEATURES
+set -- --enable-sdl=2  # use SDL2 (environment.sh sets sdl=3)
 set -- "$@" --enable-drm_disp
 
 ./autogen.sh "$@"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh b/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
index bc3264f6f..af8c5fa27 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $PACMAN_INSTALL $m-asciidoc \
         $m-vulkan-headers $m-vulkan-loader \
 
 $PACMAN_INSTALL $m-libsoxr $m-speexdsp
-$PACMAN_INSTALL $m-SDL2 $m-SDL2_ttf
+$PACMAN_INSTALL $m-sdl3 $m-sdl3-ttf
 $PACMAN_INSTALL $m-glm
 $PACMAN_INSTALL $m-portaudio # in case of problems build PA with --with-winapi=wmme,directx,wasapi
 $PACMAN_INSTALL $m-curl # RTSP capture
diff --git a/.github/scripts/environment.sh b/.github/scripts/environment.sh
index 4a0e466fc..75e6aa5fe 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/environment.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/environment.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export FEATURES="\
  --enable-rtsp-server\
  --enable-scale\
  --enable-screen\
- --enable-sdl=2\
+ --enable-sdl=3\
  --enable-sdp-http\
  --enable-soxr\
  --enable-speexdsp\
diff --git a/.github/scripts/macOS/prepare.sh b/.github/scripts/macOS/prepare.sh
index 62bdf1d16..4f8ea3273 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/macOS/prepare.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/macOS/prepare.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ set -- \
         pkg-config \
         portaudio \
         qt \
-        sdl2 \
-        sdl2_ttf \
+        sdl3 \
+        sdl3_ttf \
         speexdsp \
         vulkan-headers \
         wolfssl \