diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-11.3.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-11.3.0.ebuild
index bdac42de8d..74a0d2b036 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-11.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-11.3.0.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 	webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= )
 	xcb? ( x11-libs/libxcb )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib:= )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-12.0.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-12.0.0.ebuild
index 28c0c615dd..99f42e4ef5 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-12.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-python/pillow/pillow-12.0.0.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	)
 	webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= )
 	xcb? ( x11-libs/libxcb )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib:= )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}