diff --git a/media-sound/whipper/whipper-0.10.0-r3.ebuild b/media-sound/whipper/whipper-0.10.0-r3.ebuild
index e54f41695dc6e..fedb60a0068a9 100644
--- a/media-sound/whipper/whipper-0.10.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/whipper/whipper-0.10.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517="setuptools"
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="
-	media-libs/libsndfile:=[-minimal]
+	media-libs/libsndfile[-minimal]
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}