diff --git a/x11-plugins/wmcalendar/wmcalendar-0.5.2-r3.ebuild b/x11-plugins/wmcalendar/wmcalendar-0.5.2-r3.ebuild
index ff36a3411c041..11e9ef939e716 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/wmcalendar/wmcalendar-0.5.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/wmcalendar/wmcalendar-0.5.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 inherit toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="a calendar dockapp"