diff --git a/dev-python/jwcrypto/Manifest b/dev-python/jwcrypto/Manifest
index a209251284643..b30249ac17b01 100644
--- a/dev-python/jwcrypto/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/jwcrypto/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST jwcrypto-1.5.8.tar.gz 90772 BLAKE2B b91b810466e527d5a121b021f5cb8c4f952b88aebe6a0c3e8cff4afd285c135b71c45254dd2d821f2fe645f02f3a78763c819f84c53033f9100bc8969c37970d SHA512 b7f63049583e6d468952d46f41ce80258868a0bd74b7123bbfe02b44f01668be550247b67374db42b24bc2d25af5f71abe97b857fb2842d877cc6217a888f869
 DIST jwcrypto-1.5.9.tar.gz 115793 BLAKE2B f5905b2d7c3f8a20b71a1542b351fab790db4eff23af6502bd0765a3702a5628098fcfa795eae5d4bcf1a045dde2719e676a96bbf325f88dcfe0f064e850e888 SHA512 a77d7f77dfec3e05b0b07db9d4d6d393cb5be58feb85c019cb561d0ac651a28492c3d509a5ba7724b65f374c608579b1a831b7a5791b92a91250da7aacbb3892
+DIST jwcrypto-1.6.0.tar.gz 116186 BLAKE2B 013484d22e3b2f0fee5899495c5168fa8b80a9e1aede4fdae400f82540f61270ada3e9eeaaa83634b1ce8ef15420edfe18f506984471e7dd1d1aa009efb8065d SHA512 8f8fb08fb8ce13c0a11d58aca9a81bdbcad398c300c4e55108ca75c1fa42fc9ab44e8fe149a0e26bb901e40bffa68eab80a3aa2d226c3c0b5fa27897531a11c7
diff --git a/dev-python/jwcrypto/jwcrypto-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/jwcrypto/jwcrypto-1.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bd8136e1291b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/jwcrypto/jwcrypto-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Implements JWK,JWS,JWE specifications using python-cryptography"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/
+	https://pypi.org/project/jwcrypto/
+"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/cryptography-49.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/typing-extensions-4.5.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_install() {
+	distutils-r1_src_install
+	rm -r "${ED}/usr/share/doc/jwcrypto" || die
+}