diff --git a/dev-python/pylatex/pylatex-1.4.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pylatex/pylatex-1.4.1.ebuild
index e22369be0021d..b244a3c9b0786 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylatex/pylatex-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pylatex/pylatex-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="PyLaTeX"
 MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8,9} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 
 inherit distutils-r1 optfeature