diff --git a/dev-python/json-repair/Manifest b/dev-python/json-repair/Manifest
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--- a/dev-python/json-repair/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/json-repair/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST json-repair-0.61.0.gh.tar.gz 2564244 BLAKE2B 48aa27476104a68a087db8fb4a990644cabc1447780f103c87a45f8bf9663fa05cd8132b5f76578727dd9b6893dd476962e1ff14608ad29ad2880f2213604dad SHA512 8feef307f7b3030a6828c4ffa65f273d8e531d4582cad22cd32e4bceef27f70d4a85ab6a491c9b5b1a8f4e6c60e3c9036c588f601b7c9745f83a17502e8c4a32
+DIST json-repair-0.61.1.gh.tar.gz 2563279 BLAKE2B b991b2ecbc49bed38365bfeb69b025f024e78815e7bbb8f41c5694fbfe85691b69c9fe001a21e07583867dfa5c2a613cc7a6b102a9942b2f8d868af6af8a924d SHA512 9fff86c8ce5ec3c70584fcd45e1fb701961137cc19f4857a0719bfd01779bed0e04e32eece1ace5240afe934e63da144dd38b92e85792746a2289afc5e434a6b
diff --git a/dev-python/json-repair/json-repair-0.61.1.ebuild b/dev-python/json-repair/json-repair-0.61.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="json_repair"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+DESCRIPTION="A package to repair broken json strings"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/mangiucugna/json_repair
+	https://pypi.org/project/json-repair/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/mangiucugna/${MY_PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+
+# mypy is used in tests for type inference
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/flask[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/flask-cors[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/mypy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pydantic[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+	# pytest-benchmark
+	tests/test_performance.py
+)