diff --git a/Formula/c/carla.rb b/Formula/c/carla.rb
index 1c565f69db0e5..d7501b5230098 100644
--- a/Formula/c/carla.rb
+++ b/Formula/c/carla.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ class Carla < Formula
   desc "Audio plugin host supporting LADSPA, LV2, VST2/3, SF2 and more"
   homepage "https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla"
   license "GPL-2.0-or-later"
-  head "https://github.com/falkTX/Carla.git", branch: "main"
 
   stable do
     url "https://github.com/falkTX/Carla/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.8.tar.gz"
     sha256 "4ec96d06342ff28da4b80d4a76bc08fcaa5703726f96e5174afcdc4f7fc6195d"
 
+    # TODO: use `pyqt` and `qt` from HEAD unconditionally when new release includes Qt6 support
+    depends_on "pyqt@5"
+    depends_on "qt@5"
+
     # liblo API build patch, remove in next release
     patch do
       url "https://github.com/falkTX/Carla/commit/9370483b0a278eab6462c33b16e53377f7fffc6c.patch?full_index=1"
@@ -30,15 +33,20 @@ class Carla < Formula
     sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:   "945471081c1fa496a673c4b0d86375612ff1198ccbe92dd799dfc93a8c2a893b"
   end
 
+  head do
+    url "https://github.com/falkTX/Carla.git", branch: "main"
+
+    depends_on "pyqt"
+    depends_on "qt"
+  end
+
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
 
   depends_on "fluid-synth"
   depends_on "liblo"
   depends_on "libmagic"
   depends_on "libsndfile"
-  depends_on "pyqt@5"
   depends_on "python@3.12"
-  depends_on "qt@5"
 
   on_linux do
     depends_on "alsa-lib"