diff --git a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.13.ebuild b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.13.ebuild
index 70072f140f0d4..ec0273524b5a3 100644
--- a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.13.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.13.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc
 "
diff --git a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.14.ebuild b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.14.ebuild
index 30f097c1a0074..b9c3c1b719208 100644
--- a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.14.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.14.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc
 "
diff --git a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.8.ebuild b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.8.ebuild
index 30f097c1a0074..b9c3c1b719208 100644
--- a/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/vala/vala-0.56.8.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc
 "