diff --git a/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild b/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
index 086ccafeea2b0..ae13115bf6d38 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/mednafen/mednafen-1.32.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,opengl,video]
 	media-libs/tremor
 	media-sound/musepack-tools
-	virtual/minizip:=
 	virtual/libintl
+	virtual/zlib:=
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
 	flac? ( media-libs/flac:= )
 	jack? ( virtual/jack )