diff --git a/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-2.10.2.ebuild b/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-2.10.2.ebuild
index 81c0159b999e0..0032694491e49 100644
--- a/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-2.10.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-2.10.2.ebuild
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/gcc-4.2.0
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	|| (
-		<sys-libs/ncurses-6
-		sys-libs/ncurses:5
+		sys-libs/ncurses:0/5
+		sys-libs/ncurses:5/5
 	)
 "
 
diff --git a/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-3.6.8.ebuild b/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-3.6.8.ebuild
index 4ef68cec22452..b72bcdddd800b 100644
--- a/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-3.6.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-3.6.8.ebuild
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/gcc-4.2.0
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	|| (
-		<sys-libs/ncurses-6
-		sys-libs/ncurses:5
+		sys-libs/ncurses:0/5
+		sys-libs/ncurses:5/5
 	)"
 
 src_unpack() {