diff --git a/dev-python/tables/tables-3.11.1.ebuild b/dev-python/tables/tables-3.11.1.ebuild
index 882e63fec00ee..b07067e25eac1 100644
--- a/dev-python/tables/tables-3.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tables/tables-3.11.1.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/lz4:0=
 	>=app-arch/zstd-1.0.0:=
 	>=dev-libs/c-blosc-1.11.1:0=
+	<dev-libs/c-blosc2-3
 	>=dev-libs/c-blosc2-2.11.0:=
 	dev-libs/lzo:2=
 	>=dev-python/numpy-1.19.0:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]