diff --git a/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/metadata.xml b/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/metadata.xml
index 768e7c556fcac..d2ff52b5c48f5 100644
--- a/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/metadata.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 		<name>Ionen Wolkens</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<!-- same as net-misc/yt-dlp which pins to specific ejs versions -->
+	<straight-to-stable/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">yt-dlp/ejs</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">yt-dlp-ejs</remote-id>
diff --git a/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0.ebuild
index 217588437fe22..a7594ddbe3fba 100644
--- a/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs/yt-dlp-ejs-0.8.0.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
 PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..15} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi
 
 DESCRIPTION="External JavaScript for yt-dlp supporting many runtimes"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ SRC_URI+=" $(pypi_wheel_url --unpack)"
 LICENSE="Unlicense"
 LICENSE+=" ISC MIT" # .js dependencies
 SLOT="0"
-# bumps should typically be done straight-to-stable like yt-dlp itself
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
 
 BDEPEND="