diff --git a/net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2.ebuild b/net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2.ebuild
rename to net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2-r1.ebuild
index 120d359fe1d54..452937fa1cb4a 100644
--- a/net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libisds/libisds-0.11.2-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=7
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/expat
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	curl? ( net-misc/curl[ssl] )
 	doc? (
 		app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
diff --git a/net-libs/libisds/libisds-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/libisds/libisds-9999.ebuild
index 6056df0b35914..7487d065d3cf9 100644
--- a/net-libs/libisds/libisds-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libisds/libisds-9999.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/expat
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	curl? ( net-misc/curl[ssl] )
 	doc? (
 		app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets