diff --git a/net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r4.ebuild b/net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r5.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r4.ebuild
rename to net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r5.ebuild
index 582837e7ab7c8..1a89db5b5c430 100644
--- a/net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r4.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/telnet-bsd/telnet-bsd-1.2-r5.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=8
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-telnet )
 	xinetd? ( sys-apps/xinetd )
 	!net-misc/netkit-telnetd
+	!net-misc/inetutils[telnet(-)]
+	!net-misc/inetutils[telnetd(-)]
 "
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"