diff --git a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0.ebuild b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0.ebuild
rename to gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0-r1.ebuild
index 73ff389eb2654..6ea6e28e12846 100644
--- a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.27.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ IUSE="+gnutls +icu +libffi zeroconf"
 
 RDEPEND="${GNUSTEP_CORE_DEPEND}
 	>=gnustep-base/gnustep-make-2.6.0
-	gnutls? ( net-libs/gnutls )
+	gnutls? ( net-libs/gnutls:= )
 	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-49.0:= )
 	!libffi? ( dev-libs/ffcall
 		gnustep-base/gnustep-make[-native-exceptions] )
-	libffi? ( dev-libs/libffi )
+	libffi? ( dev-libs/libffi:= )
 	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6
 	>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1
 	>=dev-libs/gmp-4.1:=
diff --git a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0.ebuild b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0.ebuild
rename to gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0-r1.ebuild
index 69f6dac59e43a..8a246c6ba7674 100644
--- a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.28.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ IUSE="+gnutls +icu +libffi zeroconf"
 
 RDEPEND="${GNUSTEP_CORE_DEPEND}
 	>=gnustep-base/gnustep-make-2.6.0
-	gnutls? ( net-libs/gnutls )
+	gnutls? ( net-libs/gnutls:= )
 	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-49.0:= )
 	!libffi? ( dev-libs/ffcall
 		gnustep-base/gnustep-make[-native-exceptions] )
-	libffi? ( dev-libs/libffi )
+	libffi? ( dev-libs/libffi:= )
 	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6
 	>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1
 	>=dev-libs/gmp-4.1:=