diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
index 992923b3aa0..d2d05124282 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src-utils/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 homepage="https://github.com/davehome/xbps-src-utils"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --etcdir=/etc"
-makedepends="git pkg-config flex bison libxbps-devel"
+makedepends="git pkg-config bison25 flex libxbps-devel"
 short_desc="Various tools for xbps-src in C (like repo-checkvers)"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="Simplified BSD"