diff --git a/sys-fs/zfs/zfs-9999.ebuild b/sys-fs/zfs/zfs-9999.ebuild
index d54b8ffe39b13..53bc008f51322 100644
--- a/sys-fs/zfs/zfs-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/zfs/zfs-9999.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LICENSE="BSD-2 CDDL MIT"
 # just libzfs soname major for now.
 # possible candidates: libuutil, libzpool, libnvpair. Those do not provide stable abi, but are considered.
 # see libsoversion_check() below as well
-SLOT="0/5"
+SLOT="0/6"
 IUSE="custom-cflags debug dist-kernel kernel-builtin minimal nls pam python +rootfs selinux test-suite unwind"
 
 DEPEND="