diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/app-containers/podman-5.2.4 b/metadata/md5-cache/app-containers/podman-5.2.4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3712e1b420576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/app-containers/podman-5.2.4
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BDEPEND=|| ( dev-lang/python:3.13 dev-lang/python:3.12 dev-lang/python:3.11 ) dev-go/go-md2man >=dev-lang/go-1.20:= app-arch/unzip
+DEFINED_PHASES=compile install postinst prepare setup unpack
+DEPEND=app-containers/catatonit >=app-containers/conmon-2.1.10 >=app-containers/containers-common-0.58.0-r1 app-crypt/gpgme:= dev-libs/libassuan:= dev-libs/libgpg-error:= sys-apps/shadow:= apparmor? ( sys-libs/libapparmor ) btrfs? ( sys-fs/btrfs-progs ) wrapper? ( !app-containers/docker-cli ) seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp:= ) selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-podman sys-libs/libselinux:= ) systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= )
+DESCRIPTION=A tool for managing OCI containers and pods with Docker-compatible CLI
+EAPI=8
+HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/containers/podman/ https://podman.io/
+INHERIT=go-module python-any-r1 tmpfiles toolchain-funcs linux-info
+IUSE=apparmor btrfs +seccomp selinux systemd wrapper
+KEYWORDS=~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~riscv
+LICENSE=Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 CC-BY-SA-4.0 ISC MIT MPL-2.0
+RDEPEND=app-containers/catatonit >=app-containers/conmon-2.1.10 >=app-containers/containers-common-0.58.0-r1 app-crypt/gpgme:= dev-libs/libassuan:= dev-libs/libgpg-error:= sys-apps/shadow:= apparmor? ( sys-libs/libapparmor ) btrfs? ( sys-fs/btrfs-progs ) wrapper? ( !app-containers/docker-cli ) seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp:= ) selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-podman sys-libs/libselinux:= ) systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= ) virtual/tmpfiles
+RESTRICT=test strip
+SLOT=0
+SRC_URI=https://github.com/containers/podman/archive/v5.2.4.tar.gz -> podman-5.2.4.tar.gz
+_eclasses_=multiprocessing	1e32df7deee68372153dca65f4a7c21f	toolchain-funcs	d3d42b22a610ce81c267b644bcec9b87	multilib	b2a329026f2e404e9e371097dda47f96	flag-o-matic	f14aba975c94ccaa9f357a27e3b17ffe	go-env	90efbc8636d2f02d9654183330e84cf7	go-module	df32d29550d40a92da723d3b8e17b467	python-utils-r1	c356a67b8e93889de6efff7d50599102	python-any-r1	f7b9a2fa38c69a9c2a7ad8fc9283ccf7	tmpfiles	9a9814db5a3fbd4f1e921c05297e7735	linux-info	ea4122ba1d8791a12b78e53f9510a2e3
+_md5_=20c98d08edc52d76712fea981d0cb5eb
diff --git a/metadata/pkg_desc_index b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
index 4482add965a78..56d75920d45c7 100644
--- a/metadata/pkg_desc_index
+++ b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ app-containers/lxc-templates 3.0.4: Old style template scripts for LXC
 app-containers/lxd 5.0.3-r2 5.21.1-r1 6.1: Modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager
 app-containers/nerdctl 1.7.5 1.7.6: Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose
 app-containers/netavark 1.9.0 1.10.2 1.10.3 1.11.0 9999: A container network stack
-app-containers/podman 4.9.4 5.0.2 5.0.3 5.1.1 9999: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods with Docker-compatible CLI
+app-containers/podman 4.9.4 5.0.2 5.0.3 5.1.1 5.2.4 9999: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods with Docker-compatible CLI
 app-containers/podman-tui 0.18.0 1.0.0 1.0.1 1.1.0 9999: Terminal UI frontend for Podman
 app-containers/reg 0.16.1-r1: Docker registry v2 command line client
 app-containers/runc 1.1.12 1.1.13 1.1.14: runc container cli tools
diff --git a/metadata/timestamp.chk b/metadata/timestamp.chk
index 8ef3be478954a..17b83fb7c2816 100644
--- a/metadata/timestamp.chk
+++ b/metadata/timestamp.chk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:48:22 +0000
+Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:03:25 +0000