diff --git a/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.17.0.ebuild b/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.17.0.ebuild
index 35f4af7c2157..c038af297d2a 100644
--- a/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.17.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	acct-user/oragono
 	acct-group/oragono
 "
-BDEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/go-1.25.0
+	test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
 
 DOCS=( README.md docs/MANUAL.md docs/USERGUIDE.md )
 
diff --git a/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.18.0.ebuild b/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.18.0.ebuild
index 95f9b16bb7aa..3cb0b18d645f 100644
--- a/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.18.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/ergo/ergo-2.18.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	acct-user/oragono
 	acct-group/oragono
 "
-BDEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/go-1.26.0
+	test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
 
 DOCS=( README.md docs/MANUAL.md docs/USERGUIDE.md )