diff --git a/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-1.0.0.ebuild b/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-1.0.0.ebuild
index e0793e6a91d90..5185c1657e0ce 100644
--- a/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/mdbtools/mdbtools-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE="glib iconv odbc"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	app-text/txt2man
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc
 "