diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-0.15.0.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-0.15.0.ebuild
index 837566cf855ea..605396f97a83c 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-0.15.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-0.15.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ HOMEPAGE+=" https://github.com/kjdev/php-ext-brotli"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 
-RDEPEND="app-arch/brotli"
+RDEPEND="app-arch/brotli:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-9999.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-9999.ebuild
index 837566cf855ea..605396f97a83c 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-brotli/pecl-brotli-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ HOMEPAGE+=" https://github.com/kjdev/php-ext-brotli"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 
-RDEPEND="app-arch/brotli"
+RDEPEND="app-arch/brotli:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"