diff --git a/app-admin/consul-template/consul-template-0.37.4.ebuild b/app-admin/consul-template/consul-template-0.37.4.ebuild
index adf2f99b89be1..df33184b94bae 100644
--- a/app-admin/consul-template/consul-template-0.37.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/consul-template/consul-template-0.37.4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 ISC MIT WTFPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.21"
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	acct-group/consul-template
 	acct-user/consul-template"