diff --git a/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.02_beta2-r7.ebuild b/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.02_beta2-r7.ebuild
index 7c320db845964..8231ff6bc11f9 100644
--- a/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.02_beta2-r7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.02_beta2-r7.ebuild
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 # xorriso (dev-libs/libisoburn): Used on runtime for mkrescue
 RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
-	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r5
+	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r5:0=
 	debug? (
 		sdl? ( media-libs/libsdl )
 	)
diff --git a/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999-r1.ebuild b/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999-r1.ebuild
index 7817857838524..149153a2dd293 100644
--- a/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/grub/grub-9999-r1.ebuild
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 # xorriso (dev-libs/libisoburn): Used on runtime for mkrescue
 RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/xz-utils
-	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r5
+	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r5:0=
 	debug? (
 		sdl? ( media-libs/libsdl )
 	)