diff --git a/dev-go/protoc-gen-go-grpc/protoc-gen-go-grpc-1.81.1.ebuild b/dev-go/protoc-gen-go-grpc/protoc-gen-go-grpc-1.81.1.ebuild
index 6a280c1abb..66ad509c55 100644
--- a/dev-go/protoc-gen-go-grpc/protoc-gen-go-grpc-1.81.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-go/protoc-gen-go-grpc/protoc-gen-go-grpc-1.81.1.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.25.0"
+
 src_compile() {
 	ego build
 }