diff --git a/dev-python/pydocket/Manifest b/dev-python/pydocket/Manifest
index fd75a97b6b..fed6e67250 100644
--- a/dev-python/pydocket/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pydocket/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pydocket-0.21.1.tar.gz 399652 BLAKE2B f9ab6e069368fd1939b323d7e12fe9be954af0920ca12058b3dad12dabab48abe6f6227bbf34fe9f24adca1dd6274ac9866b8f9b62da8a2ad971708687dcba68 SHA512 350dbd2003db4dc3525ba6c2e6150857061d3fb0cdc46a3fce6f3fcfe61f0056f456a4d549efba3ef4c5d6070a8c4ad6af3327ef2173de10dc866a52e0089f5d
+DIST pydocket-0.22.0.tar.gz 407557 BLAKE2B f451435dfe9c76090e2d2af37321747d79e3b7b5869370a92cd09735cfa1490b0eb140890834715c445ecc67a85085d7148416c6ab51681671f58b31e4dd52d2 SHA512 49f8acfbce87ac90114463d40dcf5f6dffd76e350eef87f185d643eca3edddfc3b2b49ad444b6e737454968c8648def0577df9fbf2059e69e2f706689f234bc3
diff --git a/dev-python/pydocket/pydocket-0.22.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pydocket/pydocket-0.22.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f00d8740c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pydocket/pydocket-0.22.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# 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 optfeature pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="A distributed background task system for Python functions"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://docket.lol/
+	https://github.com/chrisguidry/docket
+	https://pypi.org/project/pydocket/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/burner-redis-0.1.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cloudpickle-3.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cronsim-2.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/opentelemetry-api-1.33.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/prometheus-client-0.21.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/py-key-value-aio-0.3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-json-logger-2.0.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/redis-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/rich-13.9.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/typer-0.15.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/typing-extensions-4.12.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/uncalled-for-0.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{asyncio,timeout} )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# requires dev-python/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus
+	tests/instrumentation/test_export.py::test_exports_metrics_as_prometheus_metrics
+
+	# fails with xdist
+	tests/instrumentation/test_tracing.py::test_admission_blocked_span_has_ok_status
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# no coverage
+	sed -i \
+		-e '/--cov/d' \
+		-e '/--numprocesses/d' \
+		-e '/--maxprocesses/d' \
+		pyproject.toml || die
+	rm tests/sitecustomize.py || die
+
+	# mock various Docker types to avoid dev-python/docker dependency
+	cat - tests/_container.py <<- 'EOF' > tests/_container.py.tmp || die
+	class _DockerErrors:
+	    ImageNotFound = Exception
+	class _Docker:
+	    errors = _DockerErrors
+	docker = _Docker()
+	DockerClient = object
+	Container = object
+	EOF
+	mv tests/_container.py{.tmp,} || die
+
+	sed -i \
+		-e '/import docker\.errors/d' \
+		-e '/from docker/d' \
+		tests/_container.py || die
+
+	sed -i \
+		-e '/from docker import DockerClient/d' \
+		-e '/from docker\.models\.containers import Container/d' \
+		-e '/from tests\._container import (/a \    Container, DockerClient,' \
+		tests/conftest.py || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x REDIS_VERSION="memory"
+	epytest
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "metrics" dev-python/opentelemetry-sdk
+}