diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
index f2cdc32358..0273fdd098 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ services:
             - LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN
             - LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL
             - PUBLIC_URL
+            - ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET
             - XMPP_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_BOSH_URL_BASE
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ services:
             - LDAP_TLS_CACERT_FILE
             - LDAP_TLS_CACERT_DIR
             - LDAP_START_TLS
+            - ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET
             - XMPP_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_GUEST_DOMAIN
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2 b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
index 87338ce276..ca7cdfcb5b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ ETHERPAD_URL_BASE=https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/
 # Advanced configuration options (you generally don't need to change these)
 #
 
+# Needed to make newer jitsi meet happy. We may be able to switch this to 1
+ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=0
+
 # Internal XMPP domain.
 XMPP_DOMAIN=localhost