diff --git a/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-5.0.4.ebuild b/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-5.0.4.ebuild
index e618aa1e0bcc5..077c14ece6d3b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-5.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-5.0.4.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	cuda?       ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit )
 	geoip?      ( dev-libs/libmaxminddb )
 	logrotate?  ( app-admin/logrotate )
-	lua?        ( dev-lang/lua:* )
+	lua?        ( dev-lang/lua:0= )
 	luajit?     ( dev-lang/luajit:* )
 	lz4?        ( app-arch/lz4 )
 	nflog?      ( net-libs/libnetfilter_log )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-6.0.0.ebuild b/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-6.0.0.ebuild
index 5f5d14e3eec33..6a00d0c18c985 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-6.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/suricata/suricata-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	cuda?       ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit )
 	geoip?      ( dev-libs/libmaxminddb )
 	logrotate?  ( app-admin/logrotate )
-	lua?        ( dev-lang/lua:* )
+	lua?        ( dev-lang/lua:0= )
 	luajit?     ( dev-lang/luajit:* )
 	lz4?        ( app-arch/lz4 )
 	nflog?      ( net-libs/libnetfilter_log )