diff --git a/sys-apps/less/Manifest b/sys-apps/less/Manifest
index ef81adbda9b66..085cd3ab88ec4 100644
--- a/sys-apps/less/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/less/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST less-643.tar.gz 592291 BLAKE2B 6dc60dc2e8db05afdae466877a1d26a3008ff5378bbb
 DIST less-668.tar.gz 649770 BLAKE2B 0f6a85a1c66577dd2a28682a6f8399e42fdbe9fc1498b2e89c6bb7c47109e8d3ab934abe5dd998b2c8dfacfb174ad9daeb79b3d4c13df22fa035ea792b2eaf5e SHA512 6527741a609849ec27b6ab35de46f2c5c2b2771391e3efe263207bee28915946f44331a42f832a7cb42231a19b135cbadc15ae02cd997b83a13cdfbc7213fc27
 DIST less-679.tar.gz 877094 BLAKE2B 024cd7f4014958e9be52a89aefd9404298850c56f0f8d2403e8648b06ce37bcca6742ebd8a3a4900acb78a3884c4f17270919feb3ca76c6978c34ec79043f154 SHA512 f04e37dc4b2839b416a195e107d21328800e75080054788002c109b3b113a6a898b953391912e7538fb9843ef530b1991efc76dbf6fb5960e5530f3ff83421f6
 DIST less-685.tar.gz 882560 BLAKE2B 771ba2fb1f593e80d9e5e203bfe9b7a8a33833fcd3464a0c64c4056359e9ecc723eff87b783c9ab4c3090d7dac1973c1875eb7d926601c512dc0494e7e8adb5c SHA512 aff745f1816e0f996fbdbc33ecae0726cf0d842efc227937ff8c32e734c8b5be4c611ffbb27e5e038b4d95280c95ca60c53af1a47cf419cb06e5fab543c231f3
+DIST less-685.tar.gz.sig 95 BLAKE2B e5c1e42b997d44b017570afe3af7edc539ec00d03f8f829db9e73be4db8095d0a9166bdbd0d822fee9e3c97d90ccf9110b757ef253ddff14f4070e1e9455c45f SHA512 bd3f0f6fec225478a643a81a8afb2c9e68934816482efd05556f92d3568022a57fd918793ef14e34990eefe6cba0950174a4ffd7f1107fe2af994b45ad866679
diff --git a/sys-apps/less/less-685.ebuild b/sys-apps/less/less-685.ebuild
index b59ff65a4e329..932628242af0b 100644
--- a/sys-apps/less/less-685.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/less/less-685.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/gwsw/less"
 	inherit git-r3
 else
-	SRC_URI="https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/less.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.tar.gz
+		verify-sig? (
+			https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.sig -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz.sig
+		)
+	"
+
+	BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-less )"
 
 	if [[ ${PV} != *_beta* ]] ; then
 		KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="test? ( virtual/pkgconfig )"
+BDEPEND+=" test? ( virtual/pkgconfig )"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default
diff --git a/sys-apps/less/less-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/less/less-9999.ebuild
index d724f788a795d..698a1775159a3 100644
--- a/sys-apps/less/less-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/less/less-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/gwsw/less"
 	inherit git-r3
 else
-	SRC_URI="https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/less.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.tar.gz
+		verify-sig? (
+			https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/${MY_P}.sig -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz.sig
+		)
+	"
+
+	BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-less )"
 
 	if [[ ${PV} != *_beta* ]] ; then
 		KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre2 )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="test? ( virtual/pkgconfig )"
+BDEPEND+=" test? ( virtual/pkgconfig )"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default