diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r3.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r2.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r3.ebuild
index 64aa2bd59b5c0..16f66939a1f73 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.2.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ IUSE="
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 DEPEND="
-	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-9999.ebuild
index 471fb8418bef1..cf26212e3cb4a 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ IUSE="
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 DEPEND="
-	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1h-r2:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="