diff --git a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-2407.ebuild b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-2407.ebuild
index e0b087ba48df0..412591f24d97c 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-2407.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-2407.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	>=app-arch/zstd-1.4.0:=
 	dev-libs/hidapi
-	>=dev-libs/libfmt-10.1:=
+	<dev-libs/libfmt-11.1:=
+	>=dev-libs/libfmt-10.1
 	dev-libs/lzo:2
 	dev-libs/pugixml
 	dev-libs/xxhash
diff --git a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
index ae957c264f51d..603588bd8b138 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	>=app-arch/zstd-1.4.0:=
 	dev-libs/hidapi
-	>=dev-libs/libfmt-10.1:=
+	<dev-libs/libfmt-11.1:=
+	>=dev-libs/libfmt-10.1
 	dev-libs/lzo:2
 	dev-libs/pugixml
 	dev-libs/xxhash