diff --git a/dev-python/parallax/parallax-1.0.8.ebuild b/dev-python/parallax/parallax-1.0.8.ebuild
index 03bf3021e5112..46023c3d9a361 100644
--- a/dev-python/parallax/parallax-1.0.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/parallax/parallax-1.0.8.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
 inherit distutils-r1