diff --git a/dev-ml/eliom/eliom-9999.ebuild b/dev-ml/eliom/eliom-9999.ebuild
index bc9355f30ded8..e8be0b7ca13f7 100644
--- a/dev-ml/eliom/eliom-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/eliom/eliom-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SLOT="0/${PV}"
 IUSE="doc +ocamlopt +ppx"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-lang/ocaml-4.03:=[ocamlopt?]
-	>=dev-ml/js_of_ocaml-2.5-r1:=
+	>=dev-ml/js_of_ocaml-2.8.2:=
 	>=www-servers/ocsigenserver-2.8:=
 	>=dev-ml/tyxml-4:=
 	>=dev-ml/deriving-0.6:=