diff --git a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.0.0-r3.ebuild b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.0.0-r3.ebuild
index e0b36a0c35712..2d5fa8ff35126 100644
--- a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.0.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.0.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	^^ ( abi5-compat abi6-compat abi7-compat )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
 "
-
+# Check if newer releases work with newer TBB, bug #820788
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-cpp/tbb:=
+	<dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:=
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/c-blosc:=
 	dev-libs/jemalloc:=
diff --git a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.1.0-r3.ebuild b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.1.0-r3.ebuild
index 42e6f909d3be4..2c6c85a3efc30 100644
--- a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.1.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-7.1.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	^^ ( abi6-compat abi7-compat )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
 "
-
+# Check if newer releases work with newer TBB, bug #820788
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-cpp/tbb:=
+	<dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:=
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/c-blosc:=
 	dev-libs/jemalloc:=
diff --git a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-8.0.1-r2.ebuild b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-8.0.1-r2.ebuild
index 678d5b1446716..fc19c87ea4c86 100644
--- a/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-8.0.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/openvdb/openvdb-8.0.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	^^ ( abi6-compat abi7-compat abi8-compat )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
 "
-
+# Check if newer releases work with newer TBB, bug #820788
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-cpp/tbb:=
+	<dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:=
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/c-blosc:=
 	dev-libs/jemalloc:=