diff --git a/dev-python/hijridate/Manifest b/dev-python/hijridate/Manifest
index fa433411b2..d2ff32fc11 100644
--- a/dev-python/hijridate/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/hijridate/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST hijridate-2.5.0.gh.tar.gz 46488 BLAKE2B f9a20c8cddf2e994e952d24dd16f9113c52564961f6a13d4d40b4cf5933ecacf763ebd735a88fc41fcdcdd4cf4620810ae3504ced71e1284fbcb39b6d6aed321 SHA512 ff096902f30a5664892bdfc6a167ac838e83640a7430db726bc02417e4b34d5790624c260f906ee8143a05efefdee55e37b9dbf390fde514cf2f462743995611
+DIST hijridate-2.6.0.gh.tar.gz 110192 BLAKE2B f951df86125eec79eff0822bf5c1eabab12b0f8afc8786f5fe8c675341be5e2f084f3fc2d424f5e1d51566a0ff0c427bc2b7496faae4ef140ed3bdd072872312 SHA512 35ab1672377d6e3ff6aee3db10b45ddf3b6ceff4f8744302e55443e524ce85ff9c1c0d93b76419cbe3b779eda8c7fbafc5ffab15e0571e8e7b1fd7f13817cfe3
diff --git a/dev-python/hijridate/hijridate-2.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/hijridate/hijridate-2.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f39917b0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/hijridate/hijridate-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Accurate Hijri-Gregorian date converter based on the Umm al-Qura calendar"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/dralshehri/hijridate"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/dralshehri/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+BDEPEND="dev-python/hatch-fancy-pypi-readme[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs \
+	dev-python/furo \
+	dev-python/myst-parser \
+	dev-python/sphinx-notfound-page