diff --git a/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-1.2.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
index 0927d8d179841..c2c33be6629f0 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/hg-git/hg-git-1.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="8"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-vcs/mercurial-6.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-vcs/mercurial-7.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/dulwich-0.21.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 DEPEND="