diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3.ebuild
rename to app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
index 01029511526a3..e114ff70ed41d 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/hyphen
 	dev-libs/icu:0=
 	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-qt/qtcore:5
 	dev-qt/qtgui:5[-gles2-only,X]
 	dev-qt/qtnetwork:5
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4.ebuild
rename to app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4-r1.ebuild
index 32d58591201a4..e5f9662455985 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/hyphen
 	dev-libs/icu:0=
 	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-qt/qtcore:5
 	dev-qt/qtgui:5[-gles2-only,X]
 	dev-qt/qtnetwork:5
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.9999.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.9999.ebuild
index 13ccc1b48d25e..d4671eca1255b 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.6.9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/hyphen
 	dev-libs/icu:0=
 	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-qt/qtcore:5
 	dev-qt/qtgui:5[-gles2-only,X]
 	dev-qt/qtnetwork:5
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0.ebuild
rename to app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
index f0868e65df27b..106167d421332 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/hyphen
 	dev-libs/icu:0=
 	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-qt/qt5compat:6
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,opengl,X,xml,widgets]
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:6
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
index 480d958204de9..f92697f36fd73 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/hyphen
 	dev-libs/icu:0=
 	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=
 	dev-qt/qt5compat:6
 	dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,opengl,X,xml,widgets]
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:6