diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.4.4.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.4.4.ebuild
index 4b1cefde24e30..5dcd372375a07 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.4.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.4.4.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 python3_5 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 vcs-snapshot