diff --git a/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r3.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r2.ebuild
rename to dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r3.ebuild
index 3fa68c4a517a2..4e1d72e9f9a39 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.16.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/xsimd
 	=dev-python/beniget-0.4*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	=dev-python/gast-0.5*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/numpy:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/ply-3.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	|| (
 		<dev-python/setuptools-73[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0.ebuild
rename to dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0-r1.ebuild
index 4b14e228d55bf..e55565ad791b5 100644
--- a/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pythran/pythran-0.17.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/xsimd
 	=dev-python/beniget-0.4*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	=dev-python/gast-0.6*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/numpy:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/ply-3.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/setuptools-73.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "