diff --git a/net-misc/ooni-probe-cli/ooni-probe-cli-3.17.0.ebuild b/net-misc/ooni-probe-cli/ooni-probe-cli-3.17.0.ebuild
index 038127af8f..4611051e21 100644
--- a/net-misc/ooni-probe-cli/ooni-probe-cli-3.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/ooni-probe-cli/ooni-probe-cli-3.17.0.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 
 DEPEND="dev-db/sqlite:3[icu]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="<dev-lang/go-1.20"
 
 DOCS=( docs CODEOWNERS {CODE_OF_CONDUCT,CONTRIBUTING,DESIGN,Readme}.md )