diff --git a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.7.ebuild b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.7.ebuild
index d3729ed70f9a2..f0549cb1c8fb9 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	dev-libs/elfutils
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	test? ( || ( dev-util/shellcheck-bin dev-util/shellcheck ) )
 "
 
diff --git a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.8.ebuild b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.8.ebuild
index 46481bc8ed5c0..307e6bde1c48e 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	dev-libs/elfutils
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	test? ( || ( dev-util/shellcheck-bin dev-util/shellcheck ) )
 "
 
diff --git a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-9999.ebuild
index 6f0ff7d78c9e6..485ce4f3e166a 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/kpatch/kpatch-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	dev-libs/elfutils
-	sys-devel/bison
+	app-alternatives/yacc
 	test? ( || ( dev-util/shellcheck-bin dev-util/shellcheck ) )
 "