diff --git a/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-0.1.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-0.1.0.ebuild
index 7258f94219..58e75a01cb 100644
--- a/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-0.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-0.1.0.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="dev-libs/wayland"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	>=dev-scheme/guile-2.2.7-r1
+	>=dev-scheme/guile-3.0.9
 "
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-9999.ebuild
index 7258f94219..58e75a01cb 100644
--- a/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/riverguile/riverguile-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="dev-libs/wayland"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	>=dev-scheme/guile-2.2.7-r1
+	>=dev-scheme/guile-3.0.9
 "
 
 src_install() {