diff --git a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
index 64ebac22a05b5..6a02e1ac0911f 100644
--- a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="legacy test zstd"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# Restrict to <app-arch/rpm-6.0.0 because it fails to build with newer
+# versions due to header changes.
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c/commit/4e37bc582b1673ff767dbd0b570ef1c8871d3e8c
 DEPEND="
 	app-arch/bzip2:=
 	app-arch/drpm
-	app-arch/rpm
+	<app-arch/rpm-6.0.0
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	app-arch/zchunk
 	app-arch/zstd:=
diff --git a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
index a9c356a34b3ad..0ca554e815252 100644
--- a/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/createrepo_c/createrepo_c-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="legacy test zstd"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# Restrict to <app-arch/rpm-6.0.0 because it fails to build with newer
+# versions due to header changes.
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c/commit/4e37bc582b1673ff767dbd0b570ef1c8871d3e8c
 DEPEND="
 	app-arch/bzip2:=
 	app-arch/drpm
-	app-arch/rpm
+	<app-arch/rpm-6.0.0
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	app-arch/zchunk
 	app-arch/zstd:=