diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/Manifest
index 195d6b5bee..268f70c140 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST libtraceevent-1.6.3.tar.gz 140072 BLAKE2B 416fa68e2604c3cc71323171b084261e38f08f630a03afda0e2ecc4860c8b08dae10b2abaa2afae54d2b4e382720b43a6616a9ab8599759de102af918eeb24fc SHA512 8064eb18dda6fdbff020759ed92e785b87d34be9ebc30cb6085785edeb8d7252cabf8d33d8738a3ec407672a3d891884d0f0b4c551fce26c76fa8eaf61b9e2f5
-DIST libtraceevent-1.7.2.tar.gz 148242 BLAKE2B 03eae9ea7a8cdf6b015af95031d6fbe8638361f8b0db836f48e9ef47c814465fad583440f80f0103e08758712bd24f7562e1a8678ab24d4a1749a0b88efa7a85 SHA512 aa6d14e6d2e8e64c7d53ba9f93d47331d5f1b5a5a624891ec18a08b0d4e3e82f7845d29957bb3fe4360151bb5870a67c69d5cb1f758bb2956d946221f186546e
 DIST libtraceevent-1.7.3.tar.gz 152363 BLAKE2B dcbca01f2246045f4f2377f91118e2468bca4344686b9e0349d04270543fea5648d5c227bdaf6e716d623bab8d03cec7a869bf67d03ca6a7836014854bbe40b8 SHA512 81302cb24a3fc71e8bd6a0ba975a2699eaa629ac0e90837bf8fc8e23e04156827d19b25544cdb506b0bf76d5f08699264c9ecb979f9218bdee6b0b0e7339b1e0
+DIST libtraceevent-1.8.2.tar.gz 155682 BLAKE2B afadd9f559bdc071b3741ce42b8bf0c320523f2b39c437bcf4180f277eb804c33b2feac447fae15a869164475fb5f019ef171b69be32c46b74e5f22a3ed3808b SHA512 52b7a23e8bf04feaa568199c99c98217fcb8df1b99d46197ef9edcea19b42e71ff9d2e6c45ebf5335ec782d636ad3d14be4acae5a9e5158650f5f62813081fa2
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.6.3.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.6.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4be481f862..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.6.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel trace event library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
-
-if [[ ${PV} =~ [9]{4,} ]]; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="doc"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!<dev-util/trace-cmd-3.0
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	doc? ( app-text/xmlto app-text/asciidoc )
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	EMAKE_FLAGS=(
-		"prefix=${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		"libdir=${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		"CC=$(tc-getCC)"
-		"AR=$(tc-getAR)"
-		VERBOSE=1
-	)
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
-	use doc && emake doc
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" DESTDIR="${ED}" install
-	# can't prevent installation of the static lib with parameters
-	rm "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/libtraceevent.a" || die
-	use doc && emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" DESTDIR="${ED}" install-doc
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.7.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.7.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e83bab0bd..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.7.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel trace event library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
-
-if [[ ${PV} =~ [9]{4,} ]]; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="doc test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!<dev-util/trace-cmd-3.0
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	doc? (
-		app-text/asciidoc
-		app-text/xmlto
-	)
-	test? ( dev-util/cunit )
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	EMAKE_FLAGS=(
-		"prefix=${EPREFIX}/usr"
-		"libdir=${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
-		"CC=$(tc-getCC)"
-		"AR=$(tc-getAR)"
-		VERBOSE=1
-	)
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
-	use doc && emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" doc
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" test
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" DESTDIR="${ED}" install
-	# can't prevent installation of the static lib with parameters
-	rm "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/libtraceevent.a" || die
-	use doc && emake "${EMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" DESTDIR="${ED}" install-doc
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.8.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.8.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fa3852012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/libtraceevent/libtraceevent-1.8.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel trace event library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} =~ [9]{4,} ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="doc test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	!<dev-util/trace-cmd-3.0
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-text/asciidoc
+	app-text/xmlto
+	test? ( dev-util/cunit )
+"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dasciidoctor=false
+		-Ddoc=$(usex doc true false)
+	)
+
+	# TODO: get docs & tests optional upstream
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# TODO: get docs & tests optional upstream
+	meson_src_install
+
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.a' -delete || die
+}