diff --git a/media-plugins/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin-9999.ebuild b/media-plugins/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin-9999.ebuild
index b4f69776b8..627b10308c 100644
--- a/media-plugins/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin/qt-jpegxl-image-plugin-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="7"
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit git-r3 cmake