diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest
index 003bbedfd5..486a7fc72a 100644
--- a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST opentelemetry-python-1.42.1.gh.tar.gz 1552607 BLAKE2B 52882e5f620dee666845d0b7f1205edad87e08a6a8f6c6695d7719beb9948da46aed3207b4cbf5ffbc2af2461b19e504b14772e027aca2ca6eeb2252c63b1a35 SHA512 35322b852f29c9cda8180e1959121aa07b48ea67f0173bd1ef49834de1fa6cb0c2ce9275d5578a57c3aa1523fc1daa96bf84f7c720a64d1db43513c9d9b8744e
 DIST opentelemetry-python-1.43.0.gh.tar.gz 1601072 BLAKE2B 9ea017308ecc0e3d4b00b86bf384c8737341babe5690defd33f0455af248052a4492bcaa793ea5a2bdc7a2d1cc27a708631651b232bda788fb535a7581bf844a SHA512 ec8b5862f9bc8aaa60ff765cbdf72ce488ea8b04efa49549901d73b909f5f66a187e8e345ac8b085fdff03207787539ff6a6f75ceb8fdbc056a5de5c3c3619ab
+DIST opentelemetry-python-1.44.0.gh.tar.gz 1651335 BLAKE2B 9b1e6b9dbabaeccfc1e9fc267de0c882c78816abdec6d5344deccecca2c6d41736e1eb2fa7b5d85ed2e0047fa8fe23db1f4d2ae8e561f9c44ea1413754dde7f9 SHA512 310fa4d7b11aa6a4cfb498294e3c71e082e8fe2a9899c855f0968eb0b6eff91fc66921a0dad3b2075944a6f21b8802aea7d58baefd916f7909f1dae30bc7ad61
diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/opentelemetry-proto-1.44.0.ebuild b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/opentelemetry-proto-1.44.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88ccf09350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/opentelemetry-proto-1.44.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P="opentelemetry-python-${PV}"
+DESCRIPTION="OpenTelemetry Python Proto"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://opentelemetry.io/
+	https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-proto/
+	https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/${PN}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/protobuf-5.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest