diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-9999.ebuild
index 3231771c6196f..82cc15e1a9c79 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=7
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1