diff --git a/dev-embedded/sdcc/sdcc-4.4.0.recipe b/dev-embedded/sdcc/sdcc-4.4.0.recipe
index ea129cffc..54972598b 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/sdcc/sdcc-4.4.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-embedded/sdcc/sdcc-4.4.0.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ other microprocessors."
 HOMEPAGE="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net"
 COPYRIGHT="1999-2023 Sandeep Dutta"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sdcc/files/sdcc/$portVersion/sdcc-src-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 SOURCE_DIR="sdcc-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="sdcc-4.3.0.patchset"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libboost_graph$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.70.0
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix >= 8
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="