diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.accept_keywords b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.accept_keywords
index 0b3d5125..0f6a907e 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.accept_keywords
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ media-libs/glm ~amd64
 <media-libs/libpng-1.7 ~amd64
 <media-libs/libvpx-1.2.0 ~amd64
 <media-libs/sk1libs-0.9.2 ~amd64
+<media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.10 ~amd64 # higher brokes alsaequal
 <media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.11 ~amd64
 media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg ~amd64
 <media-plugins/gst-plugins-v4l2-2 ~amd64
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
index 1ad9ff3b..f4598ddd 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
 >=gnome-base/gdm-3
->media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.11 # brokes alsaequal
+>=media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.10 # brokes alsaequal
+>=media-plugins/alsaequal-0.6-r1