diff --git a/mail-client/geary/geary-40.0-r1.ebuild b/mail-client/geary/geary-40.0-r1.ebuild
index d0abb5b348fa9..9b3196a2df322 100644
--- a/mail-client/geary/geary-40.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/mail-client/geary/geary-40.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.48"
+VALA_MAX_API_VERSION="0.54"
 
 inherit gnome.org gnome2-utils meson python-any-r1 vala virtualx xdg