diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/Manifest
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+DIST opentelemetry-python-1.40.0.gh.tar.gz 1380277 BLAKE2B a52ce43e047347d55ce3ba54c2db4fa883f7e543eac9cfe4e3aa92f03db3a0a2fa943235e9f1fe61b5b7bfe377f7c3a661822405c357e2b31885ca7f20c636d6 SHA512 3c5ff022f0374cd28248a8d08d3e909945833db06afaced75d3bafe1420b3e2686e8a5aa14c60bd01380dd0a22c3c08c92caed2671925f3cea4aa40f383c83c1
diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/metadata.xml b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>falbrechtskirchinger@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Florian Albrechtskirchinger</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">opentelemetry-proto</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/opentelemetry-proto-1.40.0.ebuild b/dev-python/opentelemetry-proto/opentelemetry-proto-1.40.0.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=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..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