diff --git a/dev-python/rstcheck/rstcheck-6.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rstcheck/rstcheck-6.1.1.ebuild
index 76c81d260f..c3a90f6c22 100644
--- a/dev-python/rstcheck/rstcheck-6.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rstcheck/rstcheck-6.1.1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1