diff --git a/net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.8.1.ebuild b/net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.8.1.ebuild
index 31a62191a8656..850aea9e32f0d 100644
--- a/net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-mail/mailbase/mailbase-1.8.1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="7"
+EAPI="8"
 
 inherit pam