diff --git a/dev-python/json5/Manifest b/dev-python/json5/Manifest
index 44e732964de8c..d42c0ae6a648b 100644
--- a/dev-python/json5/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/json5/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST json5-0.12.0.tar.gz 51907 BLAKE2B 2d246ebd73ea238230fa4864d52ac71a1af984580de3e4b3b612827812842461242bf4815cdc76235ff280ae49eae94697fb992244e799b2d2d9d9a60c9f7878 SHA512 03b32b4599b86ec6b3d47c0693cf467f7b56de13eedfad627c51ec0af514a899d90f1255df85fcbabb501237c700d837376bf363fc0602b83688569a2fc8410b
+DIST json5-0.12.1.tar.gz 52191 BLAKE2B b658eca161af0771d1c40ede81b20965589c7c26e63ed8250b581fd5e0c530c0d55f2110694b05575ae519b2ff802cb2ea97b7a46ef94d674e82939fb566176a SHA512 8544b082b31728c98c2fa4d5eada512b2d5c199af08d588222d79e55099092fdb6b01d66c3ae46dc69d3fb5640dc3f67466728e6538128865e95dceb610b5849
diff --git a/dev-python/json5/json5-0.12.1.ebuild b/dev-python/json5/json5-0.12.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2e7fd8c78ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/json5/json5-0.12.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="A Python implementation of the JSON5 data format"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/dpranke/pyjson5/
+	https://pypi.org/project/json5/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest