diff --git a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.12.2-r6.ebuild b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.12.2-r6.ebuild
index b4b9e8d4aeacb..123abccfba318 100644
--- a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.12.2-r6.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.12.2-r6.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 
 RDEPEND="
 	mpi? ( virtual/mpi[romio] )
-	szip? ( virtual/szip )
+	szip? ( virtual/szip:= )
 	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.4_p3-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.4_p3-r1.ebuild
index cb05d1d4bc97d..aa3625dcc5476 100644
--- a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.4_p3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.4_p3-r1.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 
 RDEPEND="
 	mpi? ( virtual/mpi[romio] )
-	szip? ( virtual/szip )
+	szip? ( virtual/szip:= )
 	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r1.ebuild
index 1e39811a386af..10862df4b473b 100644
--- a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 
 DEPEND="
 	mpi? ( virtual/mpi[romio] )
-	szip? ( virtual/szip )
+	szip? ( virtual/szip:= )
 	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r2.ebuild b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r2.ebuild
index 31cd26ff1d44e..120ee756340d8 100644
--- a/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/hdf5/hdf5-1.14.6-r2.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 
 DEPEND="
 	mpi? ( virtual/mpi[romio,fortran?] )
-	szip? ( virtual/szip )
+	szip? ( virtual/szip:= )
 	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="