diff --git a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-12.2.ebuild b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-12.2.ebuild
index 41600021c7a37..180af2c047e25 100644
--- a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-12.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-12.2.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MODULE_RDEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${MODULE_RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+DEPEND=">=dev-python/setuptools-34[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( ${MODULE_RDEPEND} )"
 
 python_test() {
diff --git a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-13.0.ebuild b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-13.0.ebuild
index e8ab1e019ab3d..c47ad1f06cc72 100644
--- a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-13.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-13.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MODULE_RDEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${MODULE_RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+DEPEND=">=dev-python/setuptools-34[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( ${MODULE_RDEPEND} )"
 
 python_test() {
diff --git a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-9999.ebuild b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-9999.ebuild
index 605958de2ad2f..2a955da4d7dc7 100644
--- a/app-portage/gemato/gemato-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/gemato/gemato-9999.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MODULE_RDEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${MODULE_RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+DEPEND=">=dev-python/setuptools-34[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( ${MODULE_RDEPEND} )"
 
 python_test() {