diff --git a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r2.ebuild
index 1473d36af2119..d45e2e9be01ec 100644
--- a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.0_p20230423_p0-r2.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	json? ( dev-libs/jansson:= )
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 	yaml? ( dev-libs/libyaml )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0.ebuild b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0.ebuild
rename to dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0-r1.ebuild
index b5937756e0f3a..2d5627b4a82ad 100644
--- a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.1_p20240609_p0-r1.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	json? ( dev-libs/jansson:= )
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 	yaml? ( dev-libs/libyaml )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0.ebuild b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0.ebuild
rename to dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0-r1.ebuild
index e65f8e1e4e1cd..f52aa318efe12 100644
--- a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-6.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	json? ( dev-libs/jansson:= )
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 	yaml? ( dev-libs/libyaml )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-9999.ebuild
index e65f8e1e4e1cd..f52aa318efe12 100644
--- a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-9999.ebuild
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	json? ( dev-libs/jansson:= )
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
 	yaml? ( dev-libs/libyaml )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"