diff --git a/dev-python/croniter/croniter-0.3.15.ebuild b/dev-python/croniter/croniter-0.3.15.ebuild
index bccced4f2bee8..dd97eb03c90c3 100644
--- a/dev-python/croniter/croniter-0.3.15.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/croniter/croniter-0.3.15.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI=6
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1