diff --git a/dev-php/swoole/swoole-4.4.16.ebuild b/dev-php/swoole/swoole-4.4.16.ebuild
index ae1a5e1862afb..5df2ebd4942d6 100644
--- a/dev-php/swoole/swoole-4.4.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/swoole/swoole-4.4.16.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 DEPEND="
 	app-arch/brotli:0=
 	dev-libs/libaio
-	dev-libs/boost:0=
+	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre
 	sys-libs/zlib:0=
 	http2? ( net-libs/nghttp2:0= )