diff --git a/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild b/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild
index 954bf04cc8..056676c2aa 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 DEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/zstd-1.5.5:=
-	=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8*:0/1.8
+	>=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8.1:0/1.8
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	net-libs/libssh2:=
 	sys-libs/zlib
diff --git a/dev-vcs/jj/jj-9999.ebuild b/dev-vcs/jj/jj-9999.ebuild
index 69aa701083..298db66e80 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/jj/jj-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/jj/jj-9999.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 DEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/zstd-1.5.5:=
-	=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8*:0/1.8
+	>=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8.1:0/1.8
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	net-libs/libssh2:=
 	sys-libs/zlib