diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-33.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-33.ebuild
index 89c6738592..bd02c641a5 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-33.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-33.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	!<sys-apps/systemd-216-r3
 	lzma? ( >=app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.4-r1 )
 	pkcs7? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.0:= )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.6 )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.6:= )
 	zstd? ( >=app-arch/zstd-1.5.2-r1:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-34.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-34.2.ebuild
index f44062728d..619e783507 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-34.2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-34.2.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ IUSE="debug doc +lzma pkcs7 +tools +zlib +zstd"
 RDEPEND="
 	lzma? ( >=app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.4-r1 )
 	pkcs7? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.0:= )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.6 )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.6:= )
 	zstd? ( >=app-arch/zstd-1.5.2-r1:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-9999.ebuild
index 412e1ecdff..8e8b15ab18 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/kmod/kmod-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ IUSE="debug doc +lzma pkcs7 +tools +zlib +zstd"
 RDEPEND="
 	lzma? ( >=app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.4-r1 )
 	pkcs7? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.0:= )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.6 )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.6:= )
 	zstd? ( >=app-arch/zstd-1.5.2-r1:= )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"