diff --git a/dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-3.3.ebuild b/dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-3.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 88%
rename from dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-3.3.ebuild
rename to dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-3.3-r1.ebuild
index 4ffa3a7a42037..938625e9d63f6 100644
--- a/dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/sedlex/sedlex-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=8
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-ml/gen:=
-	>=dev-ml/ppxlib-0.26:=
+	>=dev-ml/ppxlib-0.26:=[ocamlopt?]
+	<dev-ml/ppxlib-0.36.0
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="test? ( dev-ml/ppx_expect )"