diff --git a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.07-r1.ebuild b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.07-r1.ebuild
index 900336005b34c..8c7fe0df2cf39 100644
--- a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.07-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.07-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 RDEPEND="
 	virtual/opengl
 	media-libs/freeglut
-	tbb? ( dev-cpp/tbb:= )
+	tbb? ( <dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )"
diff --git a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.08-r1.ebuild b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.08-r1.ebuild
index 0ad7a8cf0ae99..1351a73e5aa19 100644
--- a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.08-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.08-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 RDEPEND="
 	virtual/opengl
 	media-libs/freeglut
-	tbb? ( dev-cpp/tbb:= )
+	tbb? ( <dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )"
diff --git a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.17-r1.ebuild b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.17-r1.ebuild
index 6d0e4f2ea30b4..5c1db84f14993 100644
--- a/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.17-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-physics/bullet/bullet-3.17-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 RDEPEND="
 	virtual/opengl
 	media-libs/freeglut
-	tbb? ( dev-cpp/tbb:= )
+	tbb? ( <dev-cpp/tbb-2021.4.0:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )"