diff --git a/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r1.ebuild b/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r2.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r1.ebuild
rename to gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r2.ebuild
index fe7d4c7b068b..259931aec95b 100644
--- a/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.1.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:= )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r1.ebuild b/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r1.ebuild
rename to gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
index fe7d4c7b068b..259931aec95b 100644
--- a/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-libs/sope/sope-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:= )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"