diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/plocale.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/plocale.eclass
index 954b065857..cb706efc89 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/plocale.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/plocale.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2012-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2012-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # @ECLASS: plocale.eclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
 # @AUTHOR:
 # Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org>
-# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 7 8
+# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 7 8 9
 # @BLURB: convenience functions to handle localizations
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # The plocale (localization) eclass offers a number of functions to more
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@
 # maintenance.  It can be used to scan a directory for available
 # translations and check if the ebuild's PLOCALES are still up to date.
 
-case ${EAPI} in
-	7|8) ;;
-	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
-esac
-
 if [[ -z ${_PLOCALE_ECLASS} ]]; then
 _PLOCALE_ECLASS=1
 
+case ${EAPI} in
+	7|8|9) ;;
+	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
+esac
+
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: PLOCALES
 # @DEFAULT_UNSET
 # @DESCRIPTION: