diff --git a/spa/meson.build b/spa/meson.build
index 9b9b75623..7cc22c4a1 100644
--- a/spa/meson.build
+++ b/spa/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if not get_option('spa-plugins').disabled()
   sbc_dep = dependency('sbc', required: get_option('bluez5'))
   ldac_dep = dependency('ldacBT-enc', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac'))
   ldac_abr_dep = dependency('ldacBT-abr', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac'))
-  aptx_dep = dependency('libopenaptx', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-aptx'))
+  aptx_dep = dependency('libopenaptx', version : '< 0.2.1', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-aptx'))
   fdk_aac_dep = dependency('fdk-aac', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-aac'))
   avcodec_dep = dependency('libavcodec', required: get_option('ffmpeg'))
   avformat_dep = dependency('libavformat', required: get_option('ffmpeg'))