diff --git a/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-1.4.1.ebuild b/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-1.4.1.ebuild
index b91f3e6911..39f66bbe30 100644
--- a/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/botan
 	dev-libs/pugixml
-	dev-libs/spdlog
+	dev-libs/spdlog:=
 	dev-libs/quazip
 	dev-qt/qtcharts:5[qml]
 	dev-qt/qtdbus:5
diff --git a/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-9999.ebuild
index b91f3e6911..39f66bbe30 100644
--- a/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/corectrl/corectrl-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/botan
 	dev-libs/pugixml
-	dev-libs/spdlog
+	dev-libs/spdlog:=
 	dev-libs/quazip
 	dev-qt/qtcharts:5[qml]
 	dev-qt/qtdbus:5