diff --git a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25.ebuild b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25.ebuild
rename to net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25-r1.ebuild
index b3b1ae2e1fa49..6b0410644b17a 100644
--- a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.25-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IUSE="+aio python +zeroconf"
 
 BDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 RDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	virtual/libusb:1
 	aio? ( dev-libs/libaio )
 	zeroconf? ( net-dns/avahi[dbus] )"
diff --git a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r1.ebuild b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r2.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r1.ebuild
rename to net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r2.ebuild
index fba7d97276390..7548ee01a16f3 100644
--- a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-0.26-r2.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IUSE="+aio python +zeroconf"
 
 BDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 RDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	virtual/libusb:1
 	aio? ( dev-libs/libaio )
 	zeroconf? ( net-dns/avahi[dbus] )"
diff --git a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-9999.ebuild
index e106094bab80a..ebed7c306a553 100644
--- a/net-libs/libiio/libiio-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libiio/libiio-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IUSE="+aio python +zeroconf"
 
 BDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 RDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	virtual/libusb:1
 	aio? ( dev-libs/libaio )
 	zeroconf? ( net-dns/avahi[dbus] )"