diff --git a/sys-power/upower/upower-1.90.4-r1.ebuild b/sys-power/upower/upower-1.90.4-r1.ebuild
index 27df80f7b5199..c7585b1cacc0a 100644
--- a/sys-power/upower/upower-1.90.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-power/upower/upower-1.90.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-inherit meson python-any-r1 systemd udev xdg-utils
+inherit eapi9-ver meson python-any-r1 systemd udev xdg-utils
 
 DESCRIPTION="D-Bus abstraction for enumerating power devices, querying history and statistics"
 HOMEPAGE="https://upower.freedesktop.org/"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	udev_reload
 
-	if [[ ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] && ver_test ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} -lt 0.99.12; then
+	if ver_replacing -lt 0.99.12; then
 		elog "Support for Logitech Unifying Receiver battery state readout was"
 		elog "removed in version 0.99.12, these devices have been directly"
 		elog "supported by the Linux kernel since version >=3.2."