diff --git a/dev-util/gob/gob-2.0.20-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/gob/gob-2.0.20-r1.ebuild
index 9071d5e3c1161..7dd6638b00699 100644
--- a/dev-util/gob/gob-2.0.20-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gob/gob-2.0.20-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc x86
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.4:2"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc"