diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 22fb0c5fd7..6347bae26a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1579,6 +1579,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/gtk4-respect-GUIX_GTK4_PATH.patch    	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gtkglext-disable-disable-deprecated.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/gtksourceview-2-add-default-directory.patch \
+  %D%/packages/patches/gst-plugins-base-null-pointer.patch      \
   %D%/packages/patches/gzdoom-search-in-installed-share.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gzdoom-find-system-libgme.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/hare-fallback-cache.patch 		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
index 2e0bc8b088..776505134f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ This package provides the core library and elements.")
 (define-public gst-plugins-base
   (package
     (name "gst-plugins-base")
-    (version "1.26.3")
+    (version "1.28.1")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -524,11 +524,13 @@ This package provides the core library and elements.")
                           name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "0cvrq9767w0aqzinifbirbc95jg4i4md4b8f4b70hlq217pzkyaf"))))
+        "15r42ff1mwkj5p3z0dij6d9isi1q02gmjnp8i26xgx9gm71a8ihl"))
+      (patches (search-patches "gst-plugins-base-null-pointer.patch"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list glib                     ;required by gstreamer-sdp-1.0.pc
            gstreamer                ;required by gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0.pc
+           libdrm                   ;required by gstreamer-allocators-1.0.pc
            libgudev                 ;required by gstreamer-gl-1.0.pc
            ;; wayland-client.h is referred to in
            ;; include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/gl/wayland/gstgldisplay_wayland.h
@@ -570,9 +572,8 @@ This package provides the core library and elements.")
             (lambda _
               (substitute* "tests/check/meson.build"
                 ;; This test causes nondeterministic failures (see:
-                ;; https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/-/issues/950).
-                ((".*'elements/appsrc.c'.*")
-                 ""))
+                ;; <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/895>).
+                ((".*'elements/appsrc.c'.*") ""))
               ;; Some other tests fail on other architectures.
               #$@(cond
                    ((target-x86-32?)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gst-plugins-base-null-pointer.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gst-plugins-base-null-pointer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72c3a2ecd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gst-plugins-base-null-pointer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 7d7c9ce06837f20d5585f1bc28a47701d12cf8ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Sebastian=20Dr=C3=B6ge?= <sebastian@centricular.com>
+Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 10:53:21 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] glcolorconvert: Fix NULL pointer dereference on buffers
+ without video meta
+
+Fixes https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/4935
+---
+ .../gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglcolorconvert.c            | 14 ++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglcolorconvert.c b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglcolorconvert.c
+index f2dc2dc7bbb..c13b4df69de 100644
+--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglcolorconvert.c
++++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglcolorconvert.c
+@@ -3428,10 +3428,12 @@ _init_convert (GstGLColorConvert * convert)
+   }
+ 
+   GstVideoMeta *v_meta = gst_buffer_get_video_meta (convert->inbuf);
+-  if (v_meta->width != convert->priv->padded_width
+-      || v_meta->height != convert->priv->padded_height) {
+-    gdouble padded_width = v_meta->width;
+-    gdouble padded_height = v_meta->height;
++  if ((v_meta && (v_meta->width != convert->priv->padded_width
++              || v_meta->height != convert->priv->padded_height)) ||
++      (!v_meta && (convert->in_info.width != convert->priv->padded_width ||
++              convert->in_info.height != convert->priv->padded_height))) {
++    gdouble padded_width = v_meta ? v_meta->width : convert->in_info.width;
++    gdouble padded_height = v_meta ? v_meta->height : convert->in_info.height;
+     gdouble display_width = GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&convert->in_info);
+     gdouble display_height = GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&convert->in_info);
+ 
+@@ -3449,8 +3451,8 @@ _init_convert (GstGLColorConvert * convert)
+         crop_vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+     gl->BindBuffer (GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
+ 
+-    convert->priv->padded_width = v_meta->width;
+-    convert->priv->padded_height = v_meta->height;
++    convert->priv->padded_width = padded_width;
++    convert->priv->padded_height = padded_height;
+   }
+ 
+   gl->BindTexture (GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+-- 
+GitLab
+