diff --git a/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.3.ebuild
index a94eb0fea9721..e77e4d1de0426 100644
--- a/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IUSE="doc libnotify test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
-	 dev-libs/json-c
+	 dev-libs/json-c:=
 	 >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20:3
 	 >=x11-libs/pango-1.14
 	 libnotify? ( x11-libs/libnotify )"
diff --git a/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.4.ebuild
index 635971d037ae4..7738538053061 100644
--- a/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/girara/girara-0.3.4.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IUSE="doc libnotify test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
-	 dev-libs/json-c
+	 dev-libs/json-c:=
 	 >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20:3
 	 >=x11-libs/pango-1.14
 	 libnotify? ( x11-libs/libnotify )"
diff --git a/dev-libs/girara/girara-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/girara/girara-9999.ebuild
index 683a2b54d6134..7738538053061 100644
--- a/dev-libs/girara/girara-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/girara/girara-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IUSE="doc libnotify test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
-	 dev-libs/json-c
+	 dev-libs/json-c:=
 	 >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20:3
 	 >=x11-libs/pango-1.14
 	 libnotify? ( x11-libs/libnotify )"