diff --git a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.30.ebuild b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.30.ebuild
index 2b28dfe5d0caf..8ba7a796d04a1 100644
--- a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.30.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.30.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # TODO
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.1
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )
diff --git a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31-r1.ebuild
index 660a8d299b99f..41a377485fdd4 100644
--- a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31-r1.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
 
 # TODO
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.1
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )
diff --git a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31.ebuild b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31.ebuild
index 2f3b3b56146f8..f7c9b2d73416f 100644
--- a/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-2.5.31.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
 
 # TODO
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.1
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )