diff --git a/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0.ebuild
index 2ee0f84db4b98..be40704c5f30d 100644
--- a/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0.ebuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://cryptopp.com"
 SRC_URI="https://www.cryptopp.com/cryptopp${PV//.}.zip"
 
 LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
-SLOT="0/7" # subslot is so version
+SLOT="0/8" # subslot is so version
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos"
 IUSE="+asm static-libs"