diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r2.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
index e4819c63e7f75..5b2b6322824f5 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/yaml-cpp
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/libfmt:=
-	dev-libs/xerces-c[icu]
+	dev-libs/xerces-c:=[icu]
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[concurrent,network,xml]
 	media-libs/freetype
 	sci-libs/opencascade:=[json]
diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r3.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r3.ebuild
index bc61cd1070921..fa1039b57c3c1 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/yaml-cpp
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/libfmt:=
-	dev-libs/xerces-c[icu]
+	dev-libs/xerces-c:=[icu]
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[concurrent,network,xml]
 	media-libs/freetype
 	sci-libs/opencascade:=[json]
diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r5.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild
rename to media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r5.ebuild
index 2fc4f1d33b6c8..9ba9358d870c0 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r5.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/yaml-cpp
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/libfmt:=
-	dev-libs/xerces-c[icu]
+	dev-libs/xerces-c:=[icu]
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[concurrent,network,xml]
 	media-libs/freetype
 	sci-libs/opencascade:=[json]
diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
index 8d90dd0197e0f..b78139fccc18d 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/yaml-cpp
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/libfmt:=
-	dev-libs/xerces-c[icu]
+	dev-libs/xerces-c:=[icu]
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[concurrent,network,xml]
 	media-libs/freetype
 	sci-libs/opencascade:=[json]