diff --git a/package_manifest.yaml b/package_manifest.yaml
index ae463378ed..0910934bde 100644
--- a/package_manifest.yaml
+++ b/package_manifest.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ ruby_core_packages_tier1:
     rubygem-excon: {}
     rubygem-facter: {}
     rubygem-faraday: {}
+    rubygem-faraday2: {}
     rubygem-faraday-em_http: {}
     rubygem-faraday-em_synchrony: {}
     rubygem-faraday-excon: {}
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ ruby_core_packages_tier1:
     rubygem-faraday-multipart: {}
     rubygem-faraday-net_http: {}
     rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent: {}
+    rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2: {}
     rubygem-faraday-patron: {}
     rubygem-faraday-rack: {}
     rubygem-faraday-retry: {}
diff --git a/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2/faraday-net_http_persistent-2.3.0.gem b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2/faraday-net_http_persistent-2.3.0.gem
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diff --git a/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2.spec b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c51227bdb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2/rubygem-faraday-net_http_persistent2.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# template: default
+%global gem_name faraday-net_http_persistent
+
+Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}2
+Version: 2.3.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Summary: Faraday adapter for NetHttpPersistent
+License: MIT
+URL: https://github.com/lostisland/faraday-net_http_persistent
+Source0: https://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+
+# start specfile generated dependencies
+Requires: ruby >= 3.0
+Requires: rubygem(faraday) >= 2.0
+Requires: rubygem(net-http-persistent) >= 4.0
+BuildRequires: ruby >= 3.0
+BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
+BuildArch: noarch
+# end specfile generated dependencies
+
+Conflicts: rubygem-%{gem_name} > 2
+
+%description
+Faraday adapter for NetHttpPersistent.
+This package provides the 2.x adapter, compatible with Faraday 2.x
+and net-http-persistent 4.x.
+
+
+%package doc
+Summary: Documentation for %{name}
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description doc
+Documentation for %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n  %{gem_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+gem build ../%{gem_name}-%{version}.gemspec
+%gem_install
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}
+cp -a .%{gem_dir}/* \
+        %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}/
+
+%files
+%dir %{gem_instdir}
+%license %{gem_instdir}/LICENSE.md
+%{gem_libdir}
+%exclude %{gem_cache}
+%{gem_spec}
+
+%files doc
+%doc %{gem_docdir}
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/README.md
+
+%changelog
+* Wed May 27 2026 Pablo Mendez Hernandez <pablomh@redhat.com> 2.3.0-1
+- Add faraday-net_http_persistent 2.x as co-installable package alongside 1.x
+- Needed by smart-proxy for persistent HTTP connections (theforeman/smart-proxy#944)
diff --git a/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday2/faraday-2.12.2.gem b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday2/faraday-2.12.2.gem
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diff --git a/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday2/rubygem-faraday2.spec b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday2/rubygem-faraday2.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3ff95ad50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/foreman/rubygem-faraday2/rubygem-faraday2.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# template: default
+%global gem_name faraday
+
+Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}2
+Version: 2.12.2
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Summary: HTTP/REST API client library
+License: MIT
+URL: https://lostisland.github.io/faraday
+Source0: https://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+
+# start specfile generated dependencies
+Requires: ruby >= 3.0
+BuildRequires: ruby >= 3.0
+BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
+BuildArch: noarch
+# end specfile generated dependencies
+
+# Co-installable with rubygem-faraday 1.x
+Conflicts: rubygem-%{gem_name} > 2
+
+%description
+HTTP/REST API client library.
+This package provides Faraday 2.x, installable alongside Faraday 1.x
+for consumers that require the newer major version.
+
+
+%package doc
+Summary: Documentation for %{name}
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description doc
+Documentation for %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n  %{gem_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+gem build ../%{gem_name}-%{version}.gemspec
+%gem_install
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}
+cp -a .%{gem_dir}/* \
+        %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}/
+
+%files
+%dir %{gem_instdir}
+%license %{gem_instdir}/LICENSE.md
+%{gem_libdir}
+%exclude %{gem_cache}
+%{gem_spec}
+
+%files doc
+%doc %{gem_docdir}
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/CHANGELOG.md
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/README.md
+
+%changelog
+* Wed May 27 2026 Pablo Mendez Hernandez <pablomh@redhat.com> 2.12.2-1
+- Add Faraday 2.x as co-installable package alongside 1.x
+- Needed by smart-proxy for persistent HTTP connections (theforeman/smart-proxy#944)