diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.33.1.ebuild b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.33.1.ebuild
index f0fb03d70d0ec..c5b4c53247faf 100644
--- a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.33.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.33.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390
 IUSE="static-libs test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# <gtest-1.17.0: bug #957945
 BDEPEND="
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+	test? ( <dev-cpp/gtest-1.17.0 )
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-bradhouse )
 "
 
diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.3.ebuild b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.3.ebuild
index ca266b9127bc4..c5b4c53247faf 100644
--- a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.3.ebuild
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390
 IUSE="static-libs test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# <gtest-1.17.0: bug #957945
 BDEPEND="
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+	test? ( <dev-cpp/gtest-1.17.0 )
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-bradhouse )
 "
 
diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.4.ebuild b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.4.ebuild
index 71d5a1f90d087..bd6750fac2b8f 100644
--- a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.4.ebuild
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390
 IUSE="static-libs test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# <gtest-1.17.0: bug #957945
 BDEPEND="
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+	test? ( <dev-cpp/gtest-1.17.0 )
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-bradhouse )
 "
 
diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.5.ebuild b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.5.ebuild
index 90e345468154c..337040880a55e 100644
--- a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.34.5.ebuild
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390
 IUSE="static-libs test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+# <gtest-1.17.0: bug #957945
 BDEPEND="
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+	test? ( <dev-cpp/gtest-1.17.0 )
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-bradhouse )
 "