diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-03-enable-overlays b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-03-enable-overlays
index 7f843c84e..81fbf43e8 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-03-enable-overlays
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-03-enable-overlays
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ if [[ ${GENTOO_OVERLAYS} != '' ]]; then
 
     # upstream has problems with supporting other libcs still
     if [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == *"musl"* ]]; then
-        echo '>=sys-block/open-iscsi-2.0.875' >> /etc/portage/package.mask/open-iscsi
-        echo '=sys-block/open-iscsi-2.0.874-r2' >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/open-iscsi
+        echo '=sys-block/open-iscsi-2.0.877' >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/open-iscsi
     fi
     emerge ${GENTOO_EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS} --oneshot openssl openssh
     # install layman