diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/multiparty-sendrecv/gst/Makefile b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/multiparty-sendrecv/gst/Makefile
index ee1fef51e4..c17bfb018e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/multiparty-sendrecv/gst/Makefile
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/multiparty-sendrecv/gst/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CC	:= gcc
-LIBS	:= $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 libsoup-2.4 json-glib-1.0)
+LIBS	:= $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 libsoup-3.0 json-glib-1.0)
 CFLAGS	:= -O0 -ggdb -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 
 mp-webrtc-sendrecv: mp-webrtc-sendrecv.c
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/Makefile b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/Makefile
index 2e522cc8c1..504ba8d28b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/Makefile
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC     := gcc
-LIBS   := $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0 gstreamer-1.0 gstreamer-rtp-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 json-glib-1.0 libsoup-2.4 gstreamer-webrtc-nice-1.0)
+LIBS   := $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0 gstreamer-1.0 gstreamer-rtp-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 json-glib-1.0 libsoup-3.0 gstreamer-webrtc-nice-1.0)
 CFLAGS := -O0 -ggdb -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer \
-		$(shell pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 gstreamer-1.0 gstreamer-rtp-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 json-glib-1.0 libsoup-2.4)
+		$(shell pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 gstreamer-1.0 gstreamer-rtp-1.0 gstreamer-sdp-1.0 gstreamer-webrtc-1.0 json-glib-1.0 libsoup-3.0)
 webrtc-sendrecv: webrtc-sendrecv.c custom_agent.c custom_agent.h
 		"$(CC)" $(CFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/custom_agent.h b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/custom_agent.h
index 8d78ceece0..d955a4ef11 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/custom_agent.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/custom_agent.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __CUSTOM_AGENT_H__
 #define __CUSTOM_AGENT_H__
 
+#define GST_USE_UNSTABLE_API
 #include <gst/webrtc/ice.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/meson.build
index 62ae8f143d..2011c94d55 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ executable('webrtc-sendrecv',
            'webrtc-sendrecv.c',
            'custom_agent.h',
            'custom_agent.c',
-            c_args : ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
             dependencies : [gst_dep, gstsdp_dep, gstwebrtc_dep, gstrtp_dep,
             libsoup_dep, json_glib_dep, libgstwebrtcnice_dep])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc-sendrecv.c b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc-sendrecv.c
index 75c3ef96cd..82589856d4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc-sendrecv.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc-sendrecv.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <gst/sdp/sdp.h>
 #include <gst/rtp/rtp.h>
 
+#define GST_USE_UNSTABLE_API
 #include <gst/webrtc/webrtc.h>
 #include <gst/webrtc/nice/nice.h>