diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-common/Manifest b/kde-apps/kate-common/Manifest
index 91b8ec9e91da8..e4dc2cc5a80a8 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kate-common/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kate-common/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST kate-25.08.3.tar.xz 8418112 BLAKE2B e3809bde6657c4b87b9a6dfc6217316a897dd10a360c46431805cb967eb9c1ecad022be694246561022e65b07d4ec4845ab6605bd6d0e80545f0ad882607682a SHA512 078a05db1e22c171a4c9341f079427ff7c7e4b7c4ec54b65e16d48b6c8139f3ac7fad64dd9fab74cd3602f5fe93cf9e5025e6921e47b157ed81ceaad1eb398f6
+DIST kate-25.12.0.tar.xz 8516380 BLAKE2B 244f9d6b3b862f294f5fd86337c69a91059502c8fc471f7ae02725669d6914deba125a7456a2555dc8b41ee37346d70f92db1200f19df9a877efec1a1acffc32 SHA512 d7513471f9353357bc5ef6bc5a5d27873540f3687c7c06c5b412e5e5d6e5359e526807517a93fbbdec502e18729da451663b8911c900b832efcb26c18ca93342
diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-common/kate-common-25.12.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/kate-common/kate-common-25.12.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b668f5911117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/kate-common/kate-common-25.12.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_HANDBOOK="true"
+KDE_ORG_NAME="${PN/-common/}"
+inherit ecm-common gear.kde.org
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	!<kde-apps/kate-24.07.90-r1
+	!<kde-apps/kate-addons-24.07.90-r1
+	!<kde-apps/kate-lib-24.07.90-r1
+	!<kde-apps/kwrite-24.07.90-r1
+"