diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.31.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.31.ebuild
index 9b37de0b0a..17dfc7b6df 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.31.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.31.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="lzma? ( zlib )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.32.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.32.ebuild
index 66a6a76a66..ef7bcd30f3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.32.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.32.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="lzma? ( zlib )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-9999.ebuild
index 66a6a76a66..ef7bcd30f3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-9999.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="lzma? ( zlib )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="