diff --git a/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-0.4.ebuild b/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-0.4.ebuild
index 8ee6165dc03b2..5a7ce8f650e86 100644
--- a/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-0.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-0.4.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 DESCRIPTION="Bash Utility for Creating Stage 4 Tarballs"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/TheChymera/mkstage4"
diff --git a/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-9999.ebuild b/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-9999.ebuild
index 862ecc9c6713a..62421b82d7ebb 100644
--- a/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/mkstage4/mkstage4-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit git-r3