diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index c91ab2754911d..8ebf7c7bbb655 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	vdpau? ( x11-libs/libvdpau )
 	wayland? (
 		>=dev-libs/wayland-1.6.0
+		>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.12
 		>=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.3.0
-		dev-libs/wayland-protocols
 	)
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libX11