diff --git a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-3.0.53.ebuild b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-3.0.53.ebuild
index 6d3e25304ff3c..7d4fb2ea2c761 100644
--- a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-3.0.53.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-3.0.53.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu )
+	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
 	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )
 	ziffy? ( net-libs/libpcap )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.30.ebuild b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.30.ebuild
index 874523278c8ea..c92db404f3701 100644
--- a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.30.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.30.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu )
+	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
 	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )
 	ziffy? ( net-libs/libpcap )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.51.ebuild b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.51.ebuild
index 874523278c8ea..c92db404f3701 100644
--- a/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.51.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/yaz/yaz-4.2.51.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu )
+	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
 	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )
 	ziffy? ( net-libs/libpcap )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}