diff --git a/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest b/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest
index b55375f854ab6..727538c777216 100644
--- a/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/importlib-resources/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST importlib_resources-6.4.5.tar.gz 43372 BLAKE2B 8ab9cb9f2e693de87d6d3c2696e660ae067ad00d725db542fbbd9b916cedfc8246c45285e728d352f02e4b7a56cc7d8f360f324af9a65cfdb935e7c20f753206 SHA512 e5949475a27220b101d0ba57b091a3d56a2e1092ca3102d9e260561742289ee32e2bfe17738304a72507314fc46a151f3cadcce06e71781d20bbedf7057a6366
+DIST importlib_resources-6.5.2.tar.gz 44693 BLAKE2B 07b5136ab40ca57e6c255d6544da231ff8ffdc3547f6e970fcd0444789382960358041042715ddccfff3be6a0b3cbcc12660ad45bab9266c1032dc0b60ef0e2b SHA512 e9ca57f5191effdb570cde2b8adaddb27a1bfccc36575f5b15684283ff1b6363831bcb073322fecbf067456f8cf288a576b3a95a506c3701a4f2f30c03ec1c8a
diff --git a/dev-python/importlib-resources/importlib-resources-6.5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/importlib-resources/importlib-resources-6.5.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..17f0b8b72e893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/importlib-resources/importlib-resources-6.5.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+# backport from py3.12
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{10..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Read resources from Python packages"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/python/importlib_resources/
+	https://pypi.org/project/importlib-resources/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/jaraco-test-5.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/zipp-3.17[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest