diff --git a/dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1-r1.ebuild
index 0c199a5b8e31e..a96b886483205 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libee/libee-0.4.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IUSE="debug test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-libs/libestr
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"