diff --git a/gui-apps/nwg-panel/nwg-panel-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/nwg-panel/nwg-panel-9999.ebuild
index fb2abcd70b..2174621ad2 100644
--- a/gui-apps/nwg-panel/nwg-panel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/nwg-panel/nwg-panel-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools