diff --git a/net-p2p/monero/monero-0.17.2.0.ebuild b/net-p2p/monero/monero-0.17.2.0.ebuild
index 1ee22fc10a..e3b4ccfae4 100644
--- a/net-p2p/monero/monero-0.17.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/monero/monero-0.17.2.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 DEPEND="
 	acct-group/monero
 	acct-user/monero
-	dev-libs/boost:=[nls,threads]
+	<dev-libs/boost-1.76.0:=[nls,threads]
 	dev-libs/libsodium:=
 	dev-libs/openssl:=
 	dev-libs/randomx