diff --git a/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-1.11.0.ebuild b/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-1.11.0.ebuild
index f069b91f13cfb..41b42b9fc9219 100644
--- a/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-1.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-1.11.0.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	acct-user/gerbera
 	dev-db/sqlite
 	dev-libs/libebml:=
-	dev-libs/libfmt:=
+	<dev-libs/libfmt-9.0.0:=
 	dev-libs/pugixml
 	dev-libs/spdlog:=
 	>=net-libs/libupnp-1.14.12:=[ipv6,reuseaddr,-blocking-tcp]
diff --git a/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-9999.ebuild
index f069b91f13cfb..41b42b9fc9219 100644
--- a/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/gerbera/gerbera-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	acct-user/gerbera
 	dev-db/sqlite
 	dev-libs/libebml:=
-	dev-libs/libfmt:=
+	<dev-libs/libfmt-9.0.0:=
 	dev-libs/pugixml
 	dev-libs/spdlog:=
 	>=net-libs/libupnp-1.14.12:=[ipv6,reuseaddr,-blocking-tcp]