diff --git a/dev-python/cachetools/Manifest b/dev-python/cachetools/Manifest
index 31991bc212400..0c2eed9a2b22a 100644
--- a/dev-python/cachetools/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/cachetools/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST cachetools-6.2.4.tar.gz 31731 BLAKE2B 26c78c82d14db69020077dd0432a40c25cd76
 DIST cachetools-6.2.5.tar.gz 32168 BLAKE2B 0fc72c6703e07f9b2a9df286a50cfd4e142f237c6fc4e4d34a46f9a8bd328661dd978b330bca64c9826785da309d85303efc2ad34239e0507792d355c39421e5 SHA512 443d66974938ecd4159792e05cef214ec472dea9f36728ce4e09ac9e9707ef78c8cfe1aae9eb4f4b23b559b1825a15bdc7e12f099d1e590a8bf3d83178dd53ec
 DIST cachetools-6.2.6.tar.gz 32363 BLAKE2B 0560af2d8ac1b3da6a831df3011457d329d6f500c0d46747747450929c96c9cc074f780bb2553d48837781a73fc5daf4a014d24fcc410aef3b71e1c96e71fe27 SHA512 99437623eb08b7a9cd135240ba257fd83d4b133d3da5b6676f578fa762020c2afa4f2f025513338718680be6d8b45a58c5d2381ce6791f0a7e5bcbdc548d43d4
 DIST cachetools-7.0.0.tar.gz 35796 BLAKE2B f5da6e9c0d060693add6f42245d5b2498d7a66b73f932ed19abfda5ea2eaf1ac58ad8df51e56ebf6983b9d6cd9bce151d81856b25c8e06ffbc59dfd47fbd0f93 SHA512 5cf5253239dfdef799e70ec7de966af0915ea15d8f21dd05526302f60caf50e682963c2499a6cce8dc87db7e4f862bc9ad1d16f993a64e1f2f7ff7f705d08156
+DIST cachetools-7.0.1.tar.gz 36126 BLAKE2B 4e5456d28772f2e03d90bdc23c02c3194a2cef0f27585c563dcb27f77f8f126c36d3cc7592b5f49121ef685f3926eb4a7b56f5a2356b02eef5d8cee9570aa852 SHA512 b849c8dfd1ee6a24181c0eb634fe710052f9b464df75b527d25f9fabccb128f499d6ad5ba68c8c6d12fa5f708cd5206eed6db7791c75b33320990ba3ce48e312
diff --git a/dev-python/cachetools/cachetools-7.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/cachetools/cachetools-7.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..83af058380a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cachetools/cachetools-7.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Extensible memoizing collections and decorators"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/tkem/cachetools/
+	https://pypi.org/project/cachetools/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x THREADING_TESTS=1
+	epytest
+}