diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use.force b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use.force
index 77925d886d5a9..a95659f9f08db 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use.force
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.use.force
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 
 # Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (2024-03-10)
 # Ensure that KF5- and Qt5-based applications, of which there are still
-# many (even as part of KDE Gear 24.02), will not exhibit bugs and look
-# out of place in Plasma 6 sessions.
-=kde-plasma/plasma-meta-6.0*:6 qt5
+# many (even as part of KDE Gear 24.05), will not exhibit bugs and look
+# out of place in Plasma 6 sessions. Do *not* file upstream bugs for Qt5-
+# based packages if unsetting this.
+<kde-plasma/plasma-meta-6.1.80:6 qt5
 
 # Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> (2014-06-03)
 # Ensure shared-mime-info is pulled in by glib, otherwise GNOME, XFCE, and