diff --git a/dev-python/txredisapi/txredisapi-1.4.10.ebuild b/dev-python/txredisapi/txredisapi-1.4.10.ebuild
index 8c3de12d6f245..718395fc91483 100644
--- a/dev-python/txredisapi/txredisapi-1.4.10.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/txredisapi/txredisapi-1.4.10.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
-		dev-db/redis
+		<dev-db/redis-7.2
 		dev-python/hiredis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)