diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.1-r1.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.1-r1.ebuild
index 12cdb9a81965f..fb5b1357d1eb0 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEPEND="acct-group/lxd
 	>=app-containers/lxc-5.0.0:=[apparmor?,seccomp(+)]
 	dev-db/sqlite:3
 	>=dev-libs/dqlite-1.16.4:=[lz4]
+	<dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.3
 	dev-libs/lzo
 	>=dev-util/xdelta-3.0[lzma(+)]
 	net-dns/dnsmasq[dhcp]
diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.4.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.4.ebuild
index 892198607b19c..b4083405163d6 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.21.4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEPEND="acct-group/lxd
 	>=app-containers/lxc-5.0.0:=[apparmor?,seccomp(+)]
 	dev-db/sqlite:3
 	>=dev-libs/dqlite-1.16.4:=[lz4]
+	<dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.3
 	dev-libs/lzo
 	>=dev-util/xdelta-3.0[lzma(+)]
 	net-dns/dnsmasq[dhcp]
diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.3.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.3.ebuild
index 690866145a149..a508bb112dbc7 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEPEND="acct-group/lxd
 	>=app-containers/lxc-5.0.0:=[apparmor?,seccomp(+)]
 	dev-db/sqlite:3
 	>=dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.0:=[lz4]
+	<dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.3
 	dev-libs/lzo
 	>=dev-util/xdelta-3.0[lzma(+)]
 	net-dns/dnsmasq[dhcp]
diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.5.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.5.ebuild
index ce137e164bf20..0a0a55d6683d3 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.5.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-6.5.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEPEND="acct-group/lxd
 	>=app-containers/lxc-6.0.4:=[apparmor?,seccomp(+)]
 	dev-db/sqlite:3
 	>=dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.2:=[lz4]
+	<dev-libs/dqlite-1.18.3
 	dev-libs/lzo
 	>=dev-util/xdelta-3.0[lzma(+)]
 	net-dns/dnsmasq[dhcp]