diff --git a/media-libs/raptor/raptor-2.0.15-r8.ebuild b/media-libs/raptor/raptor-2.0.15-r8.ebuild
index 1369e886dbd21..76527c9ee7369 100644
--- a/media-libs/raptor/raptor-2.0.15-r8.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/raptor/raptor-2.0.15-r8.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=8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/bison-3
-	>=sys-devel/flex-2.5.36
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "