diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/kafka-bin-4.2.0 b/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/kafka-bin-4.2.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6932849e8b3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/kafka-bin-4.2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+DEFINED_PHASES=install prepare
+DEPEND=acct-group/kafka acct-user/kafka virtual/jre:=
+DESCRIPTION=A high-throughput distributed messaging system
+EAPI=8
+HOMEPAGE=https://kafka.apache.org/
+IUSE=connect
+KEYWORDS=~amd64 ~x86
+LICENSE=Apache-2.0
+RDEPEND=acct-group/kafka acct-user/kafka virtual/jre:=
+RESTRICT=mirror
+SLOT=0
+SRC_URI=mirror://apache/kafka/4.2.0/kafka_2.13-4.2.0.tgz
+_md5_=0a9d9c8ce890e47931faaa3da74da947
diff --git a/metadata/pkg_desc_index b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
index e6949250194f4..44da0fda45acb 100644
--- a/metadata/pkg_desc_index
+++ b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
@@ -15315,7 +15315,7 @@ net-misc/iputils 20250605-r3 99999999: Network monitoring tools including ping a
 net-misc/ipv6calc 4.3.2-r1 4.4.0: IPv6 address calculator
 net-misc/jlj 2.12-r1: Simple console LiveJournal entry system
 net-misc/jwhois 4.0-r2: Advanced Internet Whois client capable of recursive queries
-net-misc/kafka-bin 3.9.1 4.0.1 4.1.1: A high-throughput distributed messaging system
+net-misc/kafka-bin 3.9.1 4.0.1 4.1.1 4.2.0: A high-throughput distributed messaging system
 net-misc/kafkacat 1.7.1: Generic command line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
 net-misc/kea 3.0.2-r1 3.0.2-r2 9999: High-performance production grade DHCPv4 & DHCPv6 server
 net-misc/keychain 2.8.5-r2: Agent manager for OpenSSH, ssh.com, Sun SSH, and GnuPG
diff --git a/metadata/timestamp.chk b/metadata/timestamp.chk
index c3a48a5636bac..58fec2ecf8dfd 100644
--- a/metadata/timestamp.chk
+++ b/metadata/timestamp.chk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:45:54 +0000
+Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:59 +0000