diff --git a/dev-python/python-discovery/Manifest b/dev-python/python-discovery/Manifest
index 26f769ae4bbbf..44ae84a77af6a 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-discovery/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/python-discovery/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST python_discovery-1.4.4.tar.gz 72212 BLAKE2B e272217c9b5975aceb21d368b0b5486
 DIST python_discovery-1.4.4.tar.gz.provenance 9887 BLAKE2B e52e59f1064d2e9763d2db64c501950a42625db2bd77f225843a71ce0eb676aa33a9727503bc1e95c73e79d37ddfceb30ff3a0e7db0c342d0f4623efa4253f33 SHA512 c02e940e81bfcde654cbf2aa273d91c1d50ef312c25c35a13c979025156ad9963b969f09bbe0854953f3bd326ae51ddc6ad6a3dbcdbaf781db1241e2010ab89f
 DIST python_discovery-1.5.3.tar.gz 82477 BLAKE2B 9c4fb00eaed1f285fbc11f17329b2b15cef76d7dabda740f25247b952d73446feabe66cb3697651050289206644849959424176180c1ad075d984c77cbc2dea1 SHA512 27df23aac5b1c1d0959a2982260362f7126f630bcf00ef239d3bfe8b30b4eeb21d11f857b83b91d4c82b7b07a2da565cdaf54637228636b771e42bc809cc88bd
 DIST python_discovery-1.5.3.tar.gz.provenance 9705 BLAKE2B 3b868680b81b7b357f6b1a746c1c3f9dd3647d661357aecf2d56b29c020775878ab1e99702ca1cdb543329eec78b2f178d063d3aeb69aa114336f74b0e1c2809 SHA512 6d4308a4cd90f1eb880f9a787bb43e1f96c169304009efd7fff673df6816e02adbe6124d8c52eff2be5a03e2a1892f3ffdef35ddf3cd788c5c78eaf04ea11de0
+DIST python_discovery-1.6.0.tar.gz 82849 BLAKE2B f4eb680ebac443ef96d3b02c38c084077daa63125c78f1528414e316ccaafa15e33fec2e247c62faed19be9884ebb1f5b91f3ee24b343b8a6531f39f68ee4056 SHA512 dbf16e32b74aa5d02c07219688d1bddab550321cd1bd6e2d424cdf4970c2a80973d0f1b3348a41974fa86dd3d283641f19fe6b8434aee1b35c2ce70102f7562d
+DIST python_discovery-1.6.0.tar.gz.provenance 9936 BLAKE2B 293c80437cec2b33211ef2b28d4021f01cfbed0f769adcef52f090f40300fabb437cb544516c4ad2aa5d4e4646b4384877a56dd12f369a5085c82a7b06962e7b SHA512 f2e2911814b42b44fb5616450e6264787f2bfae71385f7258ab29428ee3fe3b07e6952f4c0c2fda50796b3be531e04429cfca6433d9ba7091801a8f50279609a
diff --git a/dev-python/python-discovery/python-discovery-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/python-discovery/python-discovery-1.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..476b15572dfb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/python-discovery/python-discovery-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/tox-dev/python-discovery
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} python3_{14..15}t )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python interpreter discovery"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/tox-dev/python-discovery/
+	https://pypi.org/project/python-discovery/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/filelock-3.15.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/hatch-vcs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/setuptools-75.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-mock )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+		# TODO: package vermin?
+		tests/test_py_info_collect.py
+	)
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=()
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		python3.*t)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# TODO
+				tests/test_py_info_extra.py::test_satisfies_path_not_abs_basename_match
+				tests/test_iter_interpreters.py::test_iter_interpreters_dedups_symlinks
+				tests/test_iter_interpreters.py::test_iter_interpreters_no_key_includes_running_interpreter
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	epytest
+}