diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.45-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.45-r4.ebuild
index db4c95fb41..5e9d1b57f6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.45-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.45-r4.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	lzip? ( app-arch/lzlib )
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.5.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r2.ebuild
index 8897d27709..561df725c9 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r2.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	lzip? ( app-arch/lzlib )
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.5.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r3.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r3.ebuild
index 32b2f77f58..11c325159f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.46-r3.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	lzip? ( app-arch/lzlib )
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.5.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
index 6a5896a7e0..1caa03369f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	lzip? ( app-arch/lzlib )
 	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.5.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	zlib? ( >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	zlib? ( >=virtual/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
 RDEPEND="