diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.1.ebuild
index 99985e23fc..a85a3e2aa7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.1.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
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IUSE="+oniguruma static-libs test"
 ONIGURUMA_MINPV='>=dev-libs/oniguruma-6.9.3' # Keep this in sync with bundled modules/oniguruma/
 DEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/bison-3.0
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	oniguruma? ( ${ONIGURUMA_MINPV}:=[static-libs?] )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.ebuild
index e2afba51c2..81be3fadd8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-misc/jq/jq-1.7.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
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IUSE="+oniguruma static-libs test"
 ONIGURUMA_MINPV='>=dev-libs/oniguruma-6.9.3' # Keep this in sync with bundled modules/oniguruma/
 DEPEND="
 	>=sys-devel/bison-3.0
-	sys-devel/flex
+	app-alternatives/lex
 	oniguruma? ( ${ONIGURUMA_MINPV}:=[static-libs?] )
 "
 RDEPEND="