diff --git a/dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r2.ebuild b/dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r3.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r2.ebuild
rename to dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r3.ebuild
index 2004dba613571..54250c2a34fa1 100644
--- a/dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-games/libmaitretarot/libmaitretarot-0.1.98-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libxml2"
+	dev-libs/libxml2:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=(