diff --git a/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2.ebuild b/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2-r1.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2.ebuild
rename to dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2-r1.ebuild
index 1e3524a1cb797..2c4bcf287ad83 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-2.42.2-r1.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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE="doc test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.7[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.7:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-cpp/glibmm-2.32.0:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3.ebuild
rename to dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3-r1.ebuild
index 86e0e85ed0737..caa5739eab737 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/libxmlpp/libxmlpp-5.0.3-r1.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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE="doc test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.7
+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.7:=
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="