diff --git a/gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1.ebuild
rename to gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1-r1.ebuild
index 20717bb23b..b8bfee88ea 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swaync/swaync-0.12.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
 inherit meson vala gnome2-utils python-any-r1
-VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
 
 MY_PN="SwayNotificationCenter"
 DESCRIPTION="A simple notification daemon with a GTK gui for notifications and control center"
@@ -23,27 +22,28 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/glib:2
 	dev-libs/gobject-introspection
 	>=dev-libs/granite-7.0.0:=
+	dev-util/blueprint-compiler
 	dev-libs/json-glib
 	dev-libs/libgee:0.8=
 	gui-libs/gtk4-layer-shell[introspection,vala]
-	gui-libs/gtk:4[introspection,wayland]
-	gui-libs/libadwaita
-	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
+	gui-libs/libhandy:1
 	sys-apps/dbus
 	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
+	gui-libs/gtk:4[introspection,wayland]
+	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 	x11-libs/cairo
 	x11-libs/pango
 "
-
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	$(vala_depend)
 	app-text/scdoc
-	dev-util/blueprint-compiler
 "
+# https://bugs.gentoo.org/961696
+BDEPEND+=">=dev-build/meson-1.8.2"
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=($(meson_use pulseaudio pulse-audio))