diff --git a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0.ebuild b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0.ebuild
rename to app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
index b6e7ce8419173..64ebac22a05b5 100644
--- a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/zstd:=
 	>=dev-db/sqlite-3.6.18:3
 	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-libs/openssl:=
 	net-misc/curl
 	sys-apps/file
diff --git a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1.ebuild b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1.ebuild
rename to app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
index b6e7ce8419173..64ebac22a05b5 100644
--- a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/zstd:=
 	>=dev-db/sqlite-3.6.18:3
 	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-libs/openssl:=
 	net-misc/curl
 	sys-apps/file
diff --git a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-9999.ebuild b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-9999.ebuild
index afc0507732354..1f920602ff48a 100644
--- a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-9999.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/zstd:=
 	>=dev-db/sqlite-3.6.18:3
 	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-libs/openssl:=
 	net-misc/curl
 	sys-apps/file