diff --git a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p1.ebuild b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p1.ebuild
index 7fba0854e43c7..eaa058181634e 100644
--- a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p1.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p1.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	gssapi? ( virtual/krb5 )
 	gost? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0:0[-bindist] )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	json? ( dev-libs/json-c )
+	json? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
 	lmdb? ( dev-db/lmdb )
 	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 	dnstap? ( dev-libs/fstrm dev-libs/protobuf-c )
diff --git a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p3.ebuild b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p3.ebuild
index 7fba0854e43c7..eaa058181634e 100644
--- a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p3.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.1_p3.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	gssapi? ( virtual/krb5 )
 	gost? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0:0[-bindist] )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	json? ( dev-libs/json-c )
+	json? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
 	lmdb? ( dev-db/lmdb )
 	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 	dnstap? ( dev-libs/fstrm dev-libs/protobuf-c )
diff --git a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.2.ebuild b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.2.ebuild
index f7482be23e5b1..076b0aeaa543f 100644
--- a/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/bind/bind-9.11.2.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	gssapi? ( virtual/krb5 )
 	gost? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0:0[-bindist] )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	json? ( dev-libs/json-c )
+	json? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
 	lmdb? ( dev-db/lmdb )
 	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 	dnstap? ( dev-libs/fstrm dev-libs/protobuf-c )