diff --git a/dev-db/soci/files/FindMySQL.cmake b/dev-db/soci/files/FindMySQL.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7860c9f8b1258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/soci/files/FindMySQL.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+if (NOT TARGET MySQL::MySQL)
+ set(MySQL_FOUND TRUE)
+ add_library(MySQL INTERFACE)
+ target_link_libraries(MySQL INTERFACE ${MySQL_LIBRARIES})
+ target_include_directories(MySQL SYSTEM INTERFACE ${MySQL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ add_library(MySQL::MySQL ALIAS MySQL)
+endif()
+
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml b/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml
index 952ddbea1f666..a350429393134 100644
--- a/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
soci
+
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 59941ec9120a1..0000000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="SOCI - The C++ Database Access Library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/"
-SRC_URI="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/files/soci/${P}/${P}.tar.gz/download -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
-IUSE="mysql odbc oracle postgres sqlite static-libs test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
- soci_odbc_test_mssql
- soci_odbc_test_mssql_static
- soci_odbc_test_mysql
- soci_odbc_test_mysql_static
- soci_odbc_test_postgresql
- soci_odbc_test_postgresql_static
- soci_postgresql_test
- soci_postgresql_test_static
- soci_mysql_test
- soci_mysql_test_static
-)
-
-RDEPEND="
- >=dev-libs/boost-1.85.0-r1
- mysql? ( dev-db/mysql:* )
- odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
- oracle? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient:=[sdk] )
- postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:= )
- sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-src_configure() {
- local mycmakeargs=(
- -DSOCI_STATIC="$(usex static-libs)"
- -DSOCI_TESTS="$(usex test)"
- )
- cmake_src_configure
-}
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r2.ebuild b/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43c6c2bb66f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="SOCI - The C++ Database Access Library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/"
+SRC_URI="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/files/soci/${P}/${P}.tar.gz/download -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="mariadb mysql odbc oracle postgres sqlite test"
+REQUIRED_USE="?? ( mysql mariadb )"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+ soci_odbc_test_mssql
+ soci_odbc_test_mssql_static
+ soci_odbc_test_mysql
+ soci_odbc_test_mysql_static
+ soci_odbc_test_postgresql
+ soci_odbc_test_postgresql_static
+ soci_postgresql_test
+ soci_postgresql_test_static
+ soci_mysql_test
+ soci_mysql_test_static
+)
+
+RDEPEND="
+ >=dev-libs/boost-1.85.0-r1:=
+ mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:0= )
+ mariadb? ( dev-db/mariadb-connector-c:0= )
+ odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
+ oracle? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient:=[sdk] )
+ postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:= )
+ sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+ virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+ cmake_src_prepare
+ cp "${FILESDIR}/FindMySQL.cmake" "cmake/find_modules" || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+ local mysql_backend_driver="$(usex mysql 'mysqlclient' "$(usev mariadb 'libmariadb')")"
+ local mysql_backend_cmake_args=(
+ )
+ if [[ -n "$mysql_backend_driver" ]]; then
+ local mysql_backend_include="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags-only-I $mysql_backend_driver)"
+ local mysql_backend_libs="$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs $mysql_backend_driver)"
+ if [[ -z "$mysql_backend_include" ]] || [[ -z "$mysql_backend_libs" ]]; then
+ die
+ fi
+ mysql_backend_cmake_args=(
+ -DMySQL_INCLUDE_DIRS="$(echo "$mysql_backend_include" | sed -e 's/-I//')"
+ -DMySQL_LIBRARIES="$mysql_backend_libs"
+ )
+ fi
+ local mycmakeargs=(
+ -DSOCI_STATIC=OFF
+ -DSOCI_TESTS="$(usex test)"
+ -DSOCI_DB2=OFF
+ -DSOCI_FIREBIRD=OFF
+ -DSOCI_MYSQL="$(usex mysql 'yes' $(usex mariadb))"
+ -DSOCI_ODBC="$(usex odbc)"
+ -DSOCI_ORACLE="$(usex oracle)"
+ -DSOCI_POSTGRESQL="$(usex postgres)"
+ -DSOCI_SQLITE3="$(usex sqlite)"
+ "${mysql_backend_cmake_args[@]}"
+ )
+ cmake_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r1.ebuild b/net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r1.ebuild
rename to net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild
index d46c83867cf43..a4559593b9144 100644
--- a/net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-voip/mumble/mumble-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
RDEPEND="
dev-cpp/cli11
- >=dev-db/soci-4.1.0[sqlite]
+ >=dev-db/soci-4.1.2-r2[sqlite]
>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0b:0=
dev-libs/poco:=[util,xml,zip]
>=dev-libs/protobuf-2.2.0:=
diff --git a/net-voip/mumble/mumble-9999.ebuild b/net-voip/mumble/mumble-9999.ebuild
index d46c83867cf43..a4559593b9144 100644
--- a/net-voip/mumble/mumble-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-voip/mumble/mumble-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
RDEPEND="
dev-cpp/cli11
- >=dev-db/soci-4.1.0[sqlite]
+ >=dev-db/soci-4.1.2-r2[sqlite]
>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0b:0=
dev-libs/poco:=[util,xml,zip]
>=dev-libs/protobuf-2.2.0:=
diff --git a/net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild b/net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r3.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild
rename to net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r3.ebuild
index d7b202d14c942..0628581b280ad 100644
--- a/net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-voip/murmur/murmur-1.6.0_pre20250920-r3.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RDEPEND="
acct-user/murmur
dev-cpp/cli11
dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
- >=dev-db/soci-4.1.0[mysql?,postgres?,sqlite?]
+ >=dev-db/soci-4.1.2-r2[mysql?,postgres?,sqlite?]
>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0b:0=
>=dev-libs/protobuf-2.2.0:=
dev-libs/spdlog:=
diff --git a/net-voip/murmur/murmur-9999.ebuild b/net-voip/murmur/murmur-9999.ebuild
index d7b202d14c942..0628581b280ad 100644
--- a/net-voip/murmur/murmur-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-voip/murmur/murmur-9999.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RDEPEND="
acct-user/murmur
dev-cpp/cli11
dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
- >=dev-db/soci-4.1.0[mysql?,postgres?,sqlite?]
+ >=dev-db/soci-4.1.2-r2[mysql?,postgres?,sqlite?]
>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0b:0=
>=dev-libs/protobuf-2.2.0:=
dev-libs/spdlog:=