diff --git a/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9-r1.ebuild
index fe7293d98505a..b62326879dc80 100644
--- a/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="emacs"
 RDEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0=
 	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="sys-devel/flex
+BDEPEND="app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9.ebuild b/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9.ebuild
index 37929236fe0f0..75399ed62c954 100644
--- a/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cscope/cscope-15.9.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="emacs"
 RDEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0=
 	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="sys-devel/flex
+BDEPEND="app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	app-alternatives/yacc"