diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.0.ebuild
index babc895085..2f150a6c6a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=sys-apps/groff-1.20.0
 	sys-libs/gdbm:=
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.1.ebuild
index babc895085..2f150a6c6a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.13.1.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=sys-apps/groff-1.20.0
 	sys-libs/gdbm:=
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
index c59cd5f04b..2808d7cca7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=sys-apps/groff-1.20.0
 	sys-libs/gdbm:=
 	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="