diff --git a/app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3.ebuild b/app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3.ebuild
rename to app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3-r1.ebuild
index 0cdcccc08cd3..696269830aa8 100644
--- a/app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/libxmlpatch/libxmlpatch-0.3.3-r1.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=7
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libxml2"
+	dev-libs/libxml2:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( dev-libs/check )"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"