diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0-r1.ebuild
index 6ec1a4f8fa..2880879714 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
 	gdbm? ( >=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3:= )
 	app-arch/bzip2
-	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.12
+	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.12:=
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.1.ebuild
index 5c2ba503bf..0ca4939f1e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.1.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
 	gdbm? ( >=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3:= )
 	app-arch/bzip2
-	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.12
+	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.12:=
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.2.ebuild
index 8497e055a5..975213d51e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.40.2.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
 	gdbm? ( >=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3:= )
 	app-arch/bzip2
-	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.12
+	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.12:=
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.42.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.42.0.ebuild
index e927faba92..f429c613ea 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.42.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-lang/perl/perl-5.42.0.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
 	gdbm? ( >=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3:= )
 	app-arch/bzip2
-	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.12
+	>=virtual/zlib-1.2.12:=
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"