diff --git a/dev-python/pyproject-hooks/pyproject-hooks-1.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyproject-hooks/pyproject-hooks-1.0.0.ebuild
index a8b32bd..44ac645 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyproject-hooks/pyproject-hooks-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyproject-hooks/pyproject-hooks-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=8
+EAPI="8"
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=flit
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )