diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.4.3.ebuild b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.4.3.ebuild
index b1cd05478bd45..77fa8dd5ff879 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.4.3.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	ogdi? ( sci-libs/ogdi )
 	opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
 	oracle? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient:= )
-	pdf? ( app-text/poppler:= )
+	pdf? ( <app-text/poppler-0.85.0:= )
 	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	png? ( media-libs/libpng:0= )
 	postgres? ( >=dev-db/postgresql-8.4:= )