diff --git a/devel/bison/Makefile b/devel/bison/Makefile
index 9eed60d0ee93..71da5785931d 100644
--- a/devel/bison/Makefile
+++ b/devel/bison/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 MAINTAINER=	johans@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A parser generator from FSF, (mostly) compatible with Yacc
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	gm4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4
-RUN_DEPENDS=	gm4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	m4>=1.4.16,1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4
+RUN_DEPENDS=	m4>=1.4.16,1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4
 
 USES=		charsetfix
 USE_XZ=		yes