diff --git a/system/base/gawk/pspec.xml b/system/base/gawk/pspec.xml
index 7cbcc359..98cf39a3 100644
--- a/system/base/gawk/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/gawk/pspec.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <Package>
         <Name>gawk</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency>readline</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="8.0.1">readline</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gmp</Dependency>
             <Dependency>mpfr</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>