diff --git a/dev-python/nethsm/Manifest b/dev-python/nethsm/Manifest
index ca613b615b..f931ac61b9 100644
--- a/dev-python/nethsm/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/nethsm/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST nethsm-2.1.0.gh.tar.gz 307311 BLAKE2B 704e102348dbe93f00b38c19f500bd5c30b98e0b7d52f4cd7a8d54adbbf4960aa506b2ec7930cf93219a4dc3b37ad748ab92523833d0a1f57b52541fc655ddc7 SHA512 ee2f37b548cc0737dbb2e07793e7ecec781580f95a1679bfdcda62acf15a1e3e28ef175b90ca1323a5585a53c5110925146a6e5553971475665df8b385eb913a
+DIST nethsm-2.1.2.gh.tar.gz 296521 BLAKE2B e1b034fe620b905aa705dd1dc4fbf3d43bbdef57027f5f290f8479e27558524a2bb80270e04068176f0f660b4e478f1af0c8b162737eba9dfaac9215c0223cf2 SHA512 e7e01bd6b45f2db49a2bb89f6b47b6bf7e74e71f2128bbb373f83b774d41b6d3054c1ecba4058066ea8ae024bcbcad04ec05741cb75edbdf8278aa61436c4a1c
diff --git a/dev-python/nethsm/nethsm-2.1.2.ebuild b/dev-python/nethsm/nethsm-2.1.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..456d4b61f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/nethsm/nethsm-2.1.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python client for NitroKey NetHSM"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Nitrokey/nethsm-sdk-py"
+MY_PN="nethsm-sdk-py"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/Nitrokey/${MY_PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/certifi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cryptography-41[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	=dev-python/typing-extensions-4*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	=dev-python/urllib3-2*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+# tests require docker (provision a NetHSM instance in a container from a prebuilt image)
+RESTRICT="test"