diff --git a/dev-util/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-18.1.1.ebuild b/dev-util/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-18.1.1.ebuild
index 5ef787615a391..5f7988fdb9acb 100644
--- a/dev-util/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-18.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-18.1.1.ebuild
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc64 ~riscv"
 
-COMMON_DEPEND="acct-group/gitlab-runner
-	acct-user/gitlab-runner"
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	acct-group/gitlab-runner
+	acct-user/gitlab-runner
+"
 DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="dev-go/gox"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-go/gox
+	>=dev-lang/go-1.24.4
+"
 
 src_compile() {
 	emake \