diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index ed71dcd5f7d66..4c16aad3f2b7d 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ sec-keys/openpgp-keys-jiatan
 # Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (2023-05-10)
 # Lots of package breakage as usual for new versions. Masked until most/all
 # reverse dependencies are fixed. Tracker bug is bug #906077.
-=dev-libs/libfmt-10*
+>=dev-libs/libfmt-10
 
 # Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> (2023-03-30)
 # NVIDIA dropped support for the 390.xx branch in December 2022[1].