diff --git a/autobuild.sh b/autobuild.sh
index 4b8a55370..664c771de 100755
--- a/autobuild.sh
+++ b/autobuild.sh
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ function build_native_dpdk() {
 		DPDK_DRIVERS+=("crypto/qat")
 		DPDK_DRIVERS+=("compress/qat")
 		DPDK_DRIVERS+=("common/qat")
-		# 22.03.0 is version of DPDK with stable support for mlx5 crypto.
-		if ge "$dpdk_ver" 22.03.0; then
+		# 21.11.0 is version of DPDK with stable support for mlx5 crypto.
+		if ge "$dpdk_ver" 21.11.0; then
 			# SPDK enables CRYPTO_MLX in case supported version of DPDK is detected
 			# so make sure proper libs are built.
 			DPDK_DRIVERS+=("bus/auxiliary")
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8974820dc..0ca5c9c4c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -957,8 +957,8 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[CRYPTO]}" = "y" ]]; then
 			if [[ $dpdk_ver = "none" ]]; then
 				echo "Cannot get DPDK version, so disabling DPDK mlx5_pci crypto PMD"
 				CONFIG[CRYPTO_MLX5]="n"
-			elif [[ -n $dpdk_ver ]] && lt "$dpdk_ver" 22.03.0; then
-				# mlx5_pci for crypto is supported by DPDK >- 22.03.0
+			elif [[ -n $dpdk_ver ]] && lt "$dpdk_ver" 21.11.0; then
+				# mlx5_pci for crypto is supported by DPDK >- 21.11.0
 				echo "DPDK version ${dpdk_ver} doesn't support mlx5_pci crypto PMD"
 				CONFIG[CRYPTO_MLX5]="n"
 			elif [[ -n ${CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]} ]] && [ ! -f "${CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]}"/librte_crypto_mlx5.so ]; then