diff --git a/dev-lang/crystal-bin/crystal-bin-1.19.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/crystal-bin/crystal-bin-1.19.1.ebuild
index 8468a621bb..cf926ba4a2 100644
--- a/dev-lang/crystal-bin/crystal-bin-1.19.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/crystal-bin/crystal-bin-1.19.1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=8
+EAPI=9
 
 MY_PN="${PN%-bin}"
 BV="${PV}-1"