diff --git a/dev-util/android-tools/android-tools-33.0.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/android-tools/android-tools-33.0.3-r1.ebuild
index 684ba714d06ea..74b573893c892 100644
--- a/dev-util/android-tools/android-tools-33.0.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/android-tools/android-tools-33.0.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/zstd:=
 	dev-cpp/abseil-cpp:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
-	>=dev-libs/protobuf-3.0.0:=
+	<dev-libs/protobuf-30:=
 	sys-libs/zlib:=
 	virtual/libusb:1=
 "