diff --git a/media-libs/svt-hevc/svt-hevc-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/svt-hevc/svt-hevc-9999.ebuild
index 4519a7918a..fa50dca2ab 100644
--- a/media-libs/svt-hevc/svt-hevc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/svt-hevc/svt-hevc-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit flag-o-matic cmake