diff --git a/x11-misc/i3lock-fancy/i3lock-fancy-9999.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3lock-fancy/i3lock-fancy-9999.ebuild
index 859c1f25c..d875881fc 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3lock-fancy/i3lock-fancy-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3lock-fancy/i3lock-fancy-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit git-r3