diff --git a/net-misc/sherlock/sherlock-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/sherlock/sherlock-9999.ebuild
index 34091b92f..ec48438e2 100644
--- a/net-misc/sherlock/sherlock-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/sherlock/sherlock-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		dev-python/soupsieve[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/torrequest[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
-		net-libs/stem[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
+		>=net-libs/stem-1.7.0[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
 	')"
 
 pkg_setup() {