diff --git a/dev-python/ipywidgets/Manifest b/dev-python/ipywidgets/Manifest
index f9053a0862abc..373dfa738f47a 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipywidgets/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ipywidgets/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ipywidgets-8.1.6.tar.gz 116764 BLAKE2B 74e3b82cfdbeec3da00acf1fc55f4351975f431e7b62fabaa9871d9240880aec77c28e67d79cc17ca01e3f979ee6a7a4be1f1fe22be4a5d72c8d118af8e43ce5 SHA512 4997cf17a99dad022e3f625a1392db3f6edd82e829c0aa6eeb140a8554f8ba5e53a6ba745d70a117ab25577a085d3fe103b4cec022a24618b862b89e508ebe71
+DIST ipywidgets-8.1.7.tar.gz 116721 BLAKE2B 425557d840d4ddb904d22b0680a7e4ad6156adc3e129f0a95b0e8d2c55de0055b53bba213e40452af11da061d51878c03257fe38adaa3e6f7d102bbbe14033e0 SHA512 8085be87f0c2f2c334e9965d21e16c71009b260216e84ff1e5faaa81a5b9f0709a28150a8eac52bed7aeed4a3dc87b0d0632ae4ff62b15512be521b2e5be22aa
diff --git a/dev-python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets-8.1.7.ebuild b/dev-python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets-8.1.7.ebuild
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@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="IPython HTML widgets for Jupyter"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://ipywidgets.readthedocs.io/
+	https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/
+	https://pypi.org/project/ipywidgets/
+"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/comm-0.1.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/ipython-genutils-0.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/traitlets-4.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/widgetsnbextension-4.0.14[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jupyterlab-widgets-3.0.15[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/ipykernel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytz[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/ipython-6.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=()
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3*)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# https://github.com/pypy/pypy/issues/4892
+				ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py::test_interact_noinspect
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest
+}