diff --git a/dev-python/pdm/Manifest b/dev-python/pdm/Manifest
index 2077d43be7d65..596bc0de6e541 100644
--- a/dev-python/pdm/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pdm/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST pdm-2.26.7.tar.gz 2679303 BLAKE2B 34f540a63bc8949c2e2f310e93b2e97b111e46cca0def8ae2647e2e177f4758615e592f3348964fc98a5b00640ba5d165fd18f452218ac76d4354cd54c40494f SHA512 eb21bfc0982053ec972e8802815ff6a30d27120fc2f4a3f77451c056a5263c10565a704916447b5e24fca322d8936e390d932a49ad1603442095a00eb76f9400
 DIST pdm-2.26.8.tar.gz 2681418 BLAKE2B e4df1b8c436e567aa7dbc0ef7505a2fb04266122fc12b66500f255463f49d0f60a27e1ba65bd6d758c67dddd28c5ac5c22e12febe6da6a4d1d30806506cf214e SHA512 aaee6ae96c678d04b1477c2c0b2b2e2882dabca3c9e04d095c259e732256e2551b317d6dedd49a1bf51d7b9670167be4a31f3f1296a951fc7a636315d09f9d65
+DIST pdm-2.26.9.tar.gz 2682146 BLAKE2B 8bf0a7071501e6fd2ebea650f62cda29352f6801c64ec34cd77ee62e2a74515d9368c0525572611cd13f00f75fc9e088309f984e793729120e5ba6d14340e972 SHA512 def7fb5a8312f597db661f62ed7a3a297075bbd6295e6eccd6e975df242c3f553b835c04ef1b5e2f3bbb49fdf6376b863ab2ae046d7d1bd84fb0830674091994
diff --git a/dev-python/pdm/pdm-2.26.9.ebuild b/dev-python/pdm/pdm-2.26.9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..742b9b6e67b24
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@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 2023-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=pdm-backend
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pdm-project.org/
+	https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pdm/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/certifi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/dep-logic-0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/findpython-1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/findpython-0.7.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/blinker[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/filelock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/hishel-1.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/httpcore-1.0.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/httpx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/id-1.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/installer[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-22.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pbs-installer-2025.10.07[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/platformdirs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyproject-hooks[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-dotenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/resolvelib-1.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rich[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/shellingham[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/tomlkit[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/truststore-0.10.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/unearth-0.17.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	test? (
+		dev-python/msgpack[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/uv
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{httpserver,httpx,mock,rerunfailures} )
+EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# unpin deps
+	sed -i -e 's:,<[0-9.a]*::' pyproject.toml || die
+	# remove pkgutil namespace magic, as it doesn't work and makes
+	# dev-python/pdm-backend tests test the wrong package
+	rm src/pdm/__init__.py || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# Internet
+		'tests/models/test_candidates.py::test_expand_project_root_in_url[demo @ file:///${PROJECT_ROOT}/tests/fixtures/artifacts/demo-0.0.1.tar.gz]'
+		# unhappy about extra packages being installed?
+		# (also fails randomly in venv)
+		tests/cli/test_build.py::test_build_with_no_isolation
+		# TODO: random regression?
+		tests/cli/test_python.py::test_find_python
+		# TODO
+		tests/test_formats.py::test_export_from_pylock_not_empty
+	)
+
+	epytest -m "not network and not integration and not path"
+}