diff --git a/gui-wm/river/river-0.3.9999.ebuild b/gui-wm/river/river-0.3.9999.ebuild
index 851d96a4c4..2cf8807121 100644
--- a/gui-wm/river/river-0.3.9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/river/river-0.3.9999.ebuild
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+declare -g -r -A ZBS_DEPENDENCIES=(
+)
+ZIG_SLOT="0.16"
+
+inherit zig
+
 DESCRIPTION="A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor"
 HOMEPAGE="https://isaacfreund.com/software/river/ https://codeberg.org/river/river-classic"
 
-ZIG_SLOT="0.15"
-inherit zig
-
 if [[ "${PV}" = "0.3.9999" ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://codeberg.org/river/river-classic.git"
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_unpack() {
 	if [[ "${PV}" = "0.3.9999" ]]; then
 		git-r3_src_unpack
-		zig_live_fetch
+		zig_live_src_unpack
 	else
 		zig_src_unpack
 	fi
diff --git a/gui-wm/river/river-9999.ebuild b/gui-wm/river/river-9999.ebuild
index 029d55d09f..00e2324220 100644
--- a/gui-wm/river/river-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/river/river-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+declare -g -r -A ZBS_DEPENDENCIES=(
+)
+ZIG_SLOT="0.16"
+
+inherit eapi9-ver zig
+
 DESCRIPTION="A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor"
 HOMEPAGE="https://isaacfreund.com/software/river/ https://codeberg.org/river/river"
 
-ZIG_SLOT="0.16"
-inherit eapi9-ver zig
-
 if [[ "${PV}" = "9999" ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://codeberg.org/river/river.git"