diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-13.1.2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-13.1.2.ebuild
index 9c4fa48f6174a..aa36a49c78a56 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-13.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-13.1.2.ebuild
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-emulation/libvirt[iscsi?]
 	novncproxy? ( www-apps/novnc )
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	openvswitch? ( <=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.9999 )
+	openvswitch? ( net-misc/openvswitch )
 	rabbitmq? ( net-misc/rabbitmq-server )
 	memcached? ( net-misc/memcached
 	<=dev-python/python-memcached-1.57 )
diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-14.0.2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-14.0.2.ebuild
index 53fc2790cfd2e..0cbd01da6e55f 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-14.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-14.0.2.ebuild
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-emulation/libvirt[iscsi?]
 	novncproxy? ( www-apps/novnc )
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	openvswitch? ( <=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.9999 )
+	openvswitch? ( net-misc/openvswitch )
 	rabbitmq? ( net-misc/rabbitmq-server )
 	memcached? (
 		net-misc/memcached
diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.1.9999.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.1.9999.ebuild
index 8dfe35015f6f0..0aa88e8394c45 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.1.9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.1.9999.ebuild
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-emulation/libvirt[iscsi?]
 	novncproxy? ( www-apps/novnc )
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	openvswitch? ( <=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.9999 )
+	openvswitch? ( net-misc/openvswitch )
 	rabbitmq? ( net-misc/rabbitmq-server )
 	memcached? ( net-misc/memcached
 	<=dev-python/python-memcached-1.57 )
diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.2.9999.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.2.9999.ebuild
index b09531c569165..30b4b5352e885 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.2.9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2016.2.9999.ebuild
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-emulation/libvirt[iscsi?]
 	novncproxy? ( www-apps/novnc )
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	openvswitch? ( <=net-misc/openvswitch-2.5.9999 )
+	openvswitch? ( net-misc/openvswitch )
 	rabbitmq? ( net-misc/rabbitmq-server )
 	memcached? (
 		net-misc/memcached