diff --git a/sys-apps/caelestia-cli/caelestia-cli-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/caelestia-cli/caelestia-cli-9999.ebuild
index 24bd998..f972772 100644
--- a/sys-apps/caelestia-cli/caelestia-cli-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/caelestia-cli/caelestia-cli-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+EPYTHON=python
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )