diff --git a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.0.5.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.0.5.ebuild
index d4ca3fb0a6d2d..0095d0831bcdf 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.0.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.0.5.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml'
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml(+)'
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.2.ebuild
index 8d4a9ed067d89..d70075f9b901b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.2.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml'
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml(+)'
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.3.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.3.ebuild
index 8d4a9ed067d89..d70075f9b901b 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-3.1.3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml'
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml(+)'
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-9999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-9999.ebuild
index e9d25d0eedfde..a2339af0b0333 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wapiti/wapiti-9999.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml'
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='xml(+)'
 
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3