diff --git a/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild b/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
index 15ed6ab2c368b..613e8bc129481 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/gflags/gflags-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit cmake-multilib
 
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/gflags/gflags"
 else