diff --git a/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild b/dev-vcs/jj/jj-0.21.0.ebuild
index 8025637ed4..954bf04cc8 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/libgit2:0/1.7
+	=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8*: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 4895d0b656..69aa701083 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/libgit2-1.7.2:=
+	=dev-libs/libgit2-1.8*:0/1.8
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	net-libs/libssh2:=
 	sys-libs/zlib