diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 7a7cf883a..8e9ee2d67 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ FEATURE_PACKAGES_dey-wireless = "packagegroup-dey-wireless"
 # 5.72 version should be used, which is provided by the poky layer.
 PREFERRED_VERSION_bluez5 ?= "5.72"
 
+# Latest version of libgpiod (2.1.1) breaks API compatibility with previously
+# used version 1.6.3, causing libdigiapix compilation errors. Until we port
+# libdigiapix to 2.1.1, use 1.6.4 instead, which is also available in poky to
+# ensure compatibility with the old API.
+PREFERRED_VERSION_libgpiod ?= "1.6.4"
+
 # There's a generic opencl-headers recipe in the thud branch of
 # meta-openembedded, but we should use the package provided by the imx-gpu-viv
 # recipe in case there are NXP-specific changes in it