diff --git a/app-backup/borgbackup/borgbackup-1.1.9.ebuild b/app-backup/borgbackup/borgbackup-1.1.9.ebuild
index f4df6c1d6de5b..850e42f523b22 100644
--- a/app-backup/borgbackup/borgbackup-1.1.9.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/borgbackup/borgbackup-1.1.9.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/lz4
 	virtual/acl
 	dev-python/llfuse[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<=dev-python/msgpack-0.6.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	=dev-python/msgpack-0.5.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyzmq[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )