diff --git a/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1.ebuild b/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1.ebuild
rename to mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1-r1.ebuild
index c6636b3173737..15f555d0295b2 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1.ebuild
+++ b/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.1-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
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.50:2
 	>=dev-libs/libmateweather-1.28.0
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2=
 	>=gnome-base/dconf-0.13.4
 	>=gnome-base/dconf-editor-43.0
 	>=mate-base/mate-desktop-$(ver_cut 1-2)
diff --git a/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4.ebuild b/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4.ebuild
rename to mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4-r1.ebuild
index 82c9b54291290..59a4eac88ad88 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4.ebuild
+++ b/mate-base/mate-panel/mate-panel-1.28.4-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
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.50:2
 	>=dev-libs/libmateweather-1.28.0
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2=
 	>=gnome-base/dconf-0.13.4
 	>=gnome-base/dconf-editor-43.0
 	>=mate-base/mate-desktop-$(ver_cut 1-2)