diff --git a/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest b/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
index a76762113c023..02f851ce45c20 100644
--- a/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/json-smart/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST json-smart-1.3.3.tar.gz 49430 BLAKE2B 805e16e0de5321a2e8164468757e9b722849f0fe90fd6822cc99f7afffd9f4e480fc4e14c2bbd12b325a27abc8ca7e93b4a17ce56ac352117cef336e1ebb3fe9 SHA512 c6006c6a00a085ea8810e18889450d11240dc3671351f20602214db418107808df1f413fe67c199d6529e4c0087f2533601826666ac4fa493bcaf72d2c18ed83
 DIST json-smart-2.5.1.tar.gz 91171 BLAKE2B 21e83eadb15dbaa43ebe1fc9a5fd9500d4d233571dc4b65f417d7179630fde8a47e44cb652b2f598a2a6f46569876e8cac4769752dd4db179dc01b274514ef02 SHA512 00454e1debcebe009300a8f5d53b24b5c1917d173c9f3b98278236b52584631ab0e8bbf18c193f181e77537fb335b5bb31c1978918dc4f6e0ca82c44adb6797b
+DIST json-smart-2.5.2.tar.gz 91767 BLAKE2B a5088792ffaf45b07c6256827f1327383a9b8e1f823a70ef07d70ecedd521f534aef3b832b81e069e409fd4ee6da6e783e05d72f746b31d4e811bd4cf5df0566 SHA512 b718eaf83c43856d215294cf30a6bdfad5e345cec1001a9865d9771c7e60f17148cad69f8c18bc609a094ff9de38baa1bf7c9e24412d6326ed35c0bc69a19b9f
diff --git a/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.2.ebuild b/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb994b59522cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-java/json-smart/json-smart-2.5.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
+MAVEN_PROVIDES="
+	net.minidev:accessors-smart:${PV}
+	net.minidev:json-smart:${PV}
+"
+JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-4"
+
+inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple
+
+DESCRIPTION="JSON Small and Fast Parser"
+HOMEPAGE="https://urielch.github.io"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v2-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+RESTRICT="test" #839681
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-java/asm:0
+	>=virtual/jdk-1.8:*
+"
+
+RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
+
+JAVADOC_CLASSPATH="asm"
+JAVADOC_SRC_DIRS=(
+	accessors-smart/src/main/java
+	json-smart/src/main/java
+)
+
+src_compile() {
+	einfo "Compiling accessors-smart.jar"
+	JAVA_CLASSPATH_EXTRA="asm"
+	JAVA_JAR_FILENAME="accessors-smart.jar"
+	JAVA_SRC_DIR="accessors-smart/src/main/java"
+	java-pkg-simple_src_compile
+	JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH_EXTRA+=":accessors-smart.jar"
+	rm -r target || die
+
+	einfo "Compiling json-smart.jar"
+	JAVA_JAR_FILENAME="json-smart.jar"
+	JAVA_SRC_DIR="json-smart/src/main/java"
+	java-pkg-simple_src_compile
+	JAVA_GENTOO_CLASSPATH_EXTRA+=":json-smart.jar"
+	rm -r target || die
+
+	use doc && ejavadoc
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	einstalldocs
+	java-pkg_dojar "accessors-smart.jar"
+	java-pkg_dojar "json-smart.jar"
+
+	if use doc; then
+		java-pkg_dojavadoc target/api
+	fi
+
+	if use source; then
+		java-pkg_dosrc "accessors-smart/src/main/java/*"
+		java-pkg_dosrc "json-smart/src/main/java/*"
+	fi
+}