diff --git a/net-misc/spread/spread-4.4.1-r1.ebuild b/net-misc/spread/spread-4.4.1-r1.ebuild
index 70da45c67ba24..260f3192f7a59 100644
--- a/net-misc/spread/spread-4.4.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/spread/spread-4.4.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI="8"
 
 MY_PN="spread-src"
 
diff --git a/net-misc/spread/spread-5.0.1-r1.ebuild b/net-misc/spread/spread-5.0.1-r1.ebuild
index 85b0f141896f9..8eb9fd8c90b61 100644
--- a/net-misc/spread/spread-5.0.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/spread/spread-5.0.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI="8"
 
 MY_PN="spread-src"