diff --git a/gui-apps/eww/eww-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/eww/eww-9999.ebuild
index 650ef160a6..7ab77dd07a 100644
--- a/gui-apps/eww/eww-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/eww/eww-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	$DEPEND
-	dev-lang/rust[nightly]
+	>=dev-lang/rust-1.73.0[nightly]
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	$DEPEND