diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpprest/cpprest-2.10.18.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpprest/cpprest-2.10.18.ebuild
index 51272888c..6ec40a31b 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpprest/cpprest-2.10.18.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpprest/cpprest-2.10.18.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit cmake