diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.7-r1.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.7-r1.ebuild
index 2567476cadd9c..d5054eca943d8 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.7-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ ^[9]{4,}$ ]]; then
 	inherit autotools git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/${PN}"
-	BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison"
+	BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc"
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz
 		verify-sig? ( https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz.sig )"
diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r1.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r1.ebuild
index 63dbda21abf38..221f5fa3d4274 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ ^[9]{4,}$ ]]; then
 	inherit autotools git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/${PN}"
-	BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison"
+	BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc"
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz
 		verify-sig? ( https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz.sig )"
diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r2.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r2.ebuild
index b24a9d45912cc..6f7b07fcd40b2 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.8-r2.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ ^[9]{4,}$ ]]; then
 	inherit autotools git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/${PN}"
-	BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison"
+	BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc"
 else
 	SRC_URI="
 		https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz
diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.9.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.9.ebuild
index d4f0a167bb667..eab6320b4e4f0 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.9.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.0.9.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ ^[9]{4,}$ ]]; then
 	inherit autotools git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/${PN}"
-	BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison"
+	BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc"
 else
 	SRC_URI="
 		https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz
diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-9999.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-9999.ebuild
index c37d9a2f296b9..8f0a7f337111b 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-9999.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
 if [[ ${PV} =~ ^[9]{4,}$ ]]; then
 	inherit autotools git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/${PN}"
-	BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison"
+	BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc"
 else
 	SRC_URI="
 		https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${P}.tar.xz