diff --git a/dev-perl/JSON-XS/JSON-XS-4.40.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/JSON-XS/JSON-XS-4.40.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a4acf6e083d9
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+++ b/dev-perl/JSON-XS/JSON-XS-4.40.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DIST_AUTHOR=MLEHMANN
+DIST_VERSION=4.04
+DIST_EXAMPLES=("eg/bench")
+inherit perl-module
+
+DESCRIPTION="JSON::XS - JSON serialising/deserialising, done correctly and fast"
+
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-perl/Types-Serialiser
+	dev-perl/common-sense
+	!<dev-perl/JSON-2.900.0
+	!<dev-perl/JSON-Any-1.310.0
+"
+BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-perl/Canary-Stability
+	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.520.0
+"
diff --git a/dev-perl/JSON-XS/Manifest b/dev-perl/JSON-XS/Manifest
index 6f8545b411937..0a6c85469fbbb 100644
--- a/dev-perl/JSON-XS/Manifest
+++ b/dev-perl/JSON-XS/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST JSON-XS-4.03.tar.gz 86749 BLAKE2B 3907dbdb136964612cb6c324cd7e457fc841cb68c7c6d5e5c386847cea6b0a07ab33bfaf0e3a0c8016929e1093c0ab6fdeda88bfa15c1677f6b417cf5647aab9 SHA512 7d2c20302b0f98bd69e692b61d272b58c13a79741f3e2e44ee0530e21dd239526477f8b02e4afbfe41ee83cb69ab1c5247bf0be355f3f09e9cfe31b2ea4a5155
+DIST JSON-XS-4.04.tar.gz 87082 BLAKE2B e8d8c521ba6492e0a257df44ef7b9e82fc629b2874c87d5583c96e6d24b478b89e94ac47673d9d3703dbdb85a6b097a1a6f6befe98c7eb777b321f1f1161abc0 SHA512 018d02c7db58a8469afd8454c7822602a50d09a1658e41511ae38bc0f0cfe88f180758ae1dc0f1a933869c8e5c1e7535a2e4d312a9d206544df0ccb4cba11295