diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r2.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r1.ebuild
rename to media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r2.ebuild
index 636bda3819fcc..9f3f3ec68a78e 100644
--- a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/double-conversion:=
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.41
 	>=dev-libs/libsigc++-2.8:2
-	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.4
+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.4:=
 	>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.25
 	dev-libs/popt
 	media-gfx/potrace
diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild
index 5e601916d8537..cb43de75d5b03 100644
--- a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.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
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/double-conversion:=
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.41
 	>=dev-libs/libsigc++-2.8:2
-	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.4
+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.4:=
 	>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.25
 	dev-libs/popt
 	media-gfx/potrace