diff --git a/dev-python/vcs-versioning/Manifest b/dev-python/vcs-versioning/Manifest
index 76b33b5e01a8c..3e0665f3b0c61 100644
--- a/dev-python/vcs-versioning/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/vcs-versioning/Manifest
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ DIST vcs_versioning-2.1.2.tar.gz 131716 BLAKE2B cc71ee0509b92af3d859d85d226e4bc5
 DIST vcs_versioning-2.1.2.tar.gz.provenance 10346 BLAKE2B 9d7c828b593a69dc7a1c2544e3e57b5b0652436c00c77d57fbff5fcef45b1f10df0758d500efde0e1b5c8fbfd7bbff64fe3a0206434b77370bcfc0637b57df1d SHA512 571095ceeaeadae96d6a5b9182789be52ed8d889b239b164afd1af62f5fd3702b8ed0a219b4d685449a205293eaaa1cadd6b188eff37ece68a9987e51444a84d
 DIST vcs_versioning-2.2.0.tar.gz 132140 BLAKE2B 006dc96b4bf4d6e60a6f38ae2714bf193392531bdfae2d1a284e5237b1dad604200f373330efef3f659a2ea373712f5cca27bac8584f43688323e23cab884199 SHA512 a99d49bf1db43acd9cd397c07a187522dca13bb02cd239e7c96b4c1e1ad1e8f70256e5e997639f8753cfc1f02de5a3a0ada7ac007698605bb1ce65a172c142a6
 DIST vcs_versioning-2.2.0.tar.gz.provenance 10146 BLAKE2B 934131b93e900c4806ba9efbfb6f34ffeacee5d889227b350a73dc720eb24b708a1321f2052352b29cb5201396c08a66a7a5bf308047f1c0fe9c63bab8871c95 SHA512 f4f47b53516c9868152417c28bf59f5bc42fe2d218113fc4986c655b7a1795afd84f06ddf3995ae1ad555a4d438315f0acbbed3b245ccfaf700055ba1025f658
+DIST vcs_versioning-2.2.2.tar.gz 143135 BLAKE2B a04f2687e8cd34caea599090decb6be74f886020a75582929052cea301a36e086f8ae0917b16007a5cf34103230f99c1bf74f96a45fe7ec4eaa654e9988a36b8 SHA512 b65af99a5078d8b129e34610bbeb7d1fa8f57badb304e00f14c6318a13b2314b7ca739a26fc7729b0d2df6d829769f8b93fee28ae9f0450ab1246a2a4c36fc8f
+DIST vcs_versioning-2.2.2.tar.gz.provenance 10134 BLAKE2B 47904c81c239851654bcf0f58326efbaa245fb3e7a673c12e5c8eda809fc403862b4d277d193ad8955072628f5cd7b7127b61fd50142ad9ea85740344df0e509 SHA512 60512914d4701ae0b14896188b0bcce97c9807ef6ae400e60b77225c8bfc6e8c05801a042e4a28cc4ae5f15d832c808bb609d665ec08ba8c6693654c07fcbfb2
diff --git a/dev-python/vcs-versioning/vcs-versioning-2.2.2.ebuild b/dev-python/vcs-versioning/vcs-versioning-2.2.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7371e885fd037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/vcs-versioning/vcs-versioning-2.2.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/pypa/setuptools-scm
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} python3_{14..15}t )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Core VCS versioning functionality from setuptools-scm"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/pypa/setuptools-scm/
+	https://pypi.org/project/vcs-versioning/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/packaging-20[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-10.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-timeout )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# the usual nondescript gpg-agent failure
+	testing_vcs/test_git.py::test_git_getdate_signed_commit
+)