diff --git a/dev-python/absl-py/Manifest b/dev-python/absl-py/Manifest
index 8fead701e1889..5f9908eac1cee 100644
--- a/dev-python/absl-py/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/absl-py/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST abseil-py-2.4.0.gh.tar.gz 241073 BLAKE2B bd1d2d0771f64be4eedfa8475dae16cb4590cda5fe66edc8ccfcb395b93cc9f95a561538d1002eccf5fb764c4c4e902ddfa5bf736a31cbaec1450f89105ba225 SHA512 26278e1b64e803f3a171cb7cbe4e188df0d1e27c69042b932a97160b77778e72af518b62564f5682b0a6d506ec74f8491015e37dcd1b1e1a305ac19b1505a935
+DIST abseil-py-2.5.0.gh.tar.gz 244482 BLAKE2B 51d35b7ef5f18a8579962de43d4a707c6aeaca0471ff83769f2d43728cd2fa3f53a50eab3dc263248d5f18ddf55ebb580b5c4bd11cc0d24a1c19a4fec3c81bfe SHA512 7c38a940467e518e9a9617d97da1411ef893d616ca3057faa1be6ad279ecfe0c2a49d912e2dddfa65bedebb9b5ddf31f9c3af8ada103fc7e2dc095d27998dac8
diff --git a/dev-python/absl-py/absl-py-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/absl-py/absl-py-2.5.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=abseil-py-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="Abseil Python Common Libraries"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/abseil/abseil-py/
+	https://pypi.org/project/absl-py/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/abseil/abseil-py/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# what a nightmare... well, we could have called bazel but that would
+	# even worse
+	local helpers=(
+		absl/flags/tests/argparse_flags_test_helper.py:absl/flags/tests/argparse_flags_test_helper
+		absl/logging/tests/logging_functional_test_helper.py:absl/logging/tests/logging_functional_test_helper
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_fail_fast_test_helper.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_fail_fast_test_helper
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_filtering_test_helper.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_filtering_test_helper
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_randomization_testcase.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_randomization_testcase
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_sharding_test_helper.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_sharding_test_helper
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_sharding_test_helper_no_tests.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_sharding_test_helper_no_tests
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_test_helper.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_test_helper
+		absl/testing/tests/absltest_test_helper_skipped.py:absl/testing/tests/absltest_test_helper_skipped
+		absl/testing/tests/xml_reporter_helper_test.py:absl/testing/tests/xml_reporter_helper_test
+		absl/tests/app_test_helper.py:absl/tests/app_test_helper_pure_python
+	)
+
+	local x
+	for x in "${helpers[@]}"; do
+		local script=${x%:*}
+		local sym=${x#*:}
+		sed -i -e "1i#!/usr/bin/env python" "${script}" || die
+		chmod +x "${script}" || die
+		ln -s "${script##*/}" "${sym}" || die
+	done
+
+	# i don't wanna know how these pass for upstream with wrong helper names
+	sed -e 's:\(app_test_helper\)\.py:\1_pure_python:' \
+		-i absl/tests/app_test.py || die
+	sed -e 's:\(logging_functional_test_helper\)\.py:\1:' \
+		-i absl/logging/tests/logging_functional_test.py || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x PYTHONPATH=.
+	local -x COLUMNS=80
+	local fails=0
+	while read -r -d '' x; do
+		# This test is plain broken, as it assumes shutil.get_terminal_size()
+		# will fail and a broken mock will take over.
+		[[ ${x} == *flags_formatting_test* ]] && continue
+		ebegin "${x}"
+		"${EPYTHON}" "${x}"
+		eend ${?} || : "$(( fails += 1 ))"
+	done < <(find -name '*_test.py' -print0)
+
+	[[ ${fails} -ne 0 ]] && die "${fails} tests failed on ${EPYTHON}"
+
+	# we actually need to clean this up manually before running the test
+	# suite again...
+	chmod -R u+rwX "${T}"/absl_testing || die
+	rm -rf "${T}"/absl_testing || die
+}