diff --git a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1-r1.ebuild
index 0a6543fab49c6..04b7cde2edbae 100644
--- a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1-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
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	python? ( >=dev-lang/swig-4.0.0 )"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
 # hvmloader is used to bootstrap a fully virtualized kernel
diff --git a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1.ebuild b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1.ebuild
index 75a33794a4b10..882c97a57981d 100644
--- a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.16.6_pre1.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
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	python? ( >=dev-lang/swig-4.0.0 )"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
 # hvmloader is used to bootstrap a fully virtualized kernel
diff --git a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1-r1.ebuild
index c299cc6ad3ae8..ae9b458c75730 100644
--- a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1-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
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	python? ( >=dev-lang/swig-4.0.0 )"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
 # hvmloader is used to bootstrap a fully virtualized kernel
diff --git a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1.ebuild b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1.ebuild
index 1595416057a43..c63d1a6d5f249 100644
--- a/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/xen-tools/xen-tools-4.17.3_pre1.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
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	python? ( >=dev-lang/swig-4.0.0 )"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
 # hvmloader is used to bootstrap a fully virtualized kernel