diff --git a/net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301.ebuild b/net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301.ebuild
rename to net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301-r1.ebuild
index f7ad19bc78470..d0515272731ec 100644
--- a/net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libdom/libdom-0.4.3_pre20250301-r1.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	net-libs/libhubbub
 	xml? (
 		expat? ( dev-libs/expat )
-		!expat? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
+		!expat? ( dev-libs/libxml2:= )
 	)"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? (
diff --git a/net-libs/libdom/libdom-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/libdom/libdom-9999.ebuild
index 6c4a93a0726b4..28391865e0c68 100644
--- a/net-libs/libdom/libdom-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libdom/libdom-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	net-libs/libhubbub
 	xml? (
 		expat? ( dev-libs/expat )
-		!expat? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
+		!expat? ( dev-libs/libxml2:= )
 	)"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? (