diff --git a/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.0.ebuild b/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.0.ebuild
index 1d9735f03c..e89aaaa6d7 100644
--- a/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.0.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	dev-qt/qtconcurrent:5
 	app-text/cmark
-	>=dev-libs/mtxclient-0.4.0
+	<dev-libs/mtxclient-0.5.0
 	dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
 	dev-libs/qtkeychain
 "
diff --git a/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.1.ebuild b/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.1.ebuild
index 07a8d5310e..e89aaaa6d7 100644
--- a/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/nheko/nheko-0.8.1.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	dev-qt/qtconcurrent:5
 	app-text/cmark
-	>=dev-libs/mtxclient-0.4.1
+	<dev-libs/mtxclient-0.5.0
 	dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
 	dev-libs/qtkeychain
 "