diff --git a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.13.ebuild b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.13.ebuild
index 0e7fd586cc31b..996030447e49b 100644
--- a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.13.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.13.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/msgpack-0.5.2:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/python-greenlet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/trollius[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7)"
 
diff --git a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.9.ebuild b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.9.ebuild
index 33f5326d34fcf..2560f7bfa1ac2 100644
--- a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.1.9.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/msgpack-0.5.2:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/python-greenlet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/trollius[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python{2_7,3_3})"
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/trollius[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7)"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.2.0.ebuild
index 9199fbf0576a1..036143b5f0050 100644
--- a/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/neovim-python-client/neovim-python-client-0.2.0.ebuild
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/msgpack-0.5.2:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/msgpack-0.4.0:0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/python-greenlet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/trollius[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python{2_7,3_3})"
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/trollius[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7)"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
-	app-editors/neovim"
+	>=app-editors/neovim-0.2.1"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/python-client-${PV}"