diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/Manifest b/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/Manifest
index 68ba9ab6af..003bbedfd5 100644
--- a/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 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
diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common-1.43.0.ebuild b/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common-1.43.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccf864a00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common-1.43.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# 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-${PV}"
+DESCRIPTION="OpenTelemetry Protobuf encoding"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://opentelemetry.io/
+	https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/
+	https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/exporter/${PN}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	~dev-python/opentelemetry-proto-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		~dev-python/opentelemetry-sdk-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	cp -a "${BUILD_DIR}"/{install,test} || die
+	local -x PATH=${BUILD_DIR}/test/usr/bin:${PATH}
+
+	for dep in tests/opentelemetry-test-utils; do
+		pushd "${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/${dep}" >/dev/null || die
+		distutils_pep517_install "${BUILD_DIR}"/test
+		popd >/dev/null || die
+	done
+
+	epytest
+}