diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 609cb85fef162..d3f99723972c5 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.42.21.gh.tar.gz 2974428 BLAKE2B 739573695abcf8348b7d4356006a97508
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.25.gh.tar.gz 2978655 BLAKE2B 184a7cbd9f258feb4f8bad7eb6128a9da303879ed6744e551564877a6fe8ee650044d1bc0a92e4665f84e450472fcfd6919190e50723efb98cedfc05112bb4a1 SHA512 a94636c5c8208c19a2ca20f7899d89fd70aff14e329e60ac80c443392e1fccf1f65760ffb82f1575a9d71f469dae642c0d8c376dc9fb8a74a248a6401eb6ce92
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.27.gh.tar.gz 2979168 BLAKE2B 7cd4266c72d9361d811dce16a77eec0e27122c7f5df84d8509cd9bd793527567392bf94e19ab910373ee326db079a0dfe350c87d3275a7956103f2f6390793a8 SHA512 b54a8e395e6dd7eb02d970d01e6fb9edca82cc11420b4667ec1b114cf25c869de951b4c9440486cd642f9a9413b3e81bcb65d1ecbb55554fd81b8ee8e67bd585
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.28.gh.tar.gz 2979719 BLAKE2B 50ecbc9b44f88af04c65f9f4a4696038c7aac30fd2111570d5cd1c36003d8f1691fe10efdae15f1db323340f873204d7c78fab4f7a9f47befb2c02f5c678f6c9 SHA512 411b79f7a7f221bab6135534c1c956cedcf564508b0a43b2c10acd0990bbf55bf40c4706eba4c4692c036574a6457a71fa2fb04a54b792729f848d0d4981ab03
+DIST aws-cli-1.42.29.gh.tar.gz 2980825 BLAKE2B d352e5e90f2e2e7a6edbacf533c76eb40c6041fb2415cfe0895b4800cbd36fd5238a97d309af8aa27bac5715008dc47a3031527f53e699604837450f9d56ab2d SHA512 070b8d6d142019d04337d0af6bd65567bf2d307d9b94696e2a381ab219f3af80479c701c55d931eb4fcf3b0f265bf645e0e0d74b3999c86bd665a1579da85711
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.6.gh.tar.gz 2993445 BLAKE2B 57166ba2409048626be42c5cc9b06f856fc26a43f7d1ae7fe650e6cfa32383c5745956e67f9fff5a019e2478ed9c5350c12acbe0fbc539db525baa4bd9ed91fa SHA512 f16265e7d12754f498fa52ea73f4b090ecc64cc1177aa154cf56e1eee80534702fd38155ebc8e8f61a3be4e03ea73a3814cc59ef2b4d5dc27452ee38ce758441
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.29.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.29.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee5aa1768d2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.29.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 shell-completion
+
+MY_P=aws-cli-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="Universal Command Line Environment for AWS"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/
+	https://pypi.org/project/awscli/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+# botocore is x.(y-2).z, sigh
+BOTOCORE_PV="$(ver_cut 1).$(( $(ver_cut 2) - 2)).$(ver_cut 3-)"
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${BOTOCORE_PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/colorama[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.14.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	!app-admin/awscli-bin
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-forked )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# do not rely on bundled deps in botocore (sic!)
+	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
+		{} + || die
+	# strip overzealous upper bounds on requirements
+	sed -i -e 's:,<[=0-9.]*::' -e 's:==:>=:' setup.py || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local serial_tests=(
+		tests/functional/ecs/test_execute_command.py::TestExecuteCommand::test_execute_command_success
+		tests/functional/ssm/test_start_session.py::TestSessionManager::test_start_session_{fails,success}
+		tests/functional/ssm/test_start_session.py::TestSessionManager::test_start_session_with_new_version_plugin_success
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestDotNetLogin::test_login_dotnet_sources_listed_with_backtracking
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestDotNetLogin::test_login_dotnet_sources_listed_with_backtracking_windows
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestNuGetLogin::test_login_nuget_sources_listed_with_backtracking
+		tests/unit/customizations/ecs/test_executecommand_startsession.py::TestExecuteCommand::test_execute_command_success
+		tests/unit/customizations/test_sessionmanager.py
+		tests/unit/test_compat.py::TestIgnoreUserSignals
+		tests/unit/test_help.py
+		tests/unit/test_utils.py::TestIgnoreCtrlC::test_ctrl_c_is_ignored
+	)
+	EPYTEST_XDIST= epytest "${serial_tests[@]}"
+
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		"${serial_tests[@]}"
+
+		# flaky (some ordering?)
+		tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py::TestCPCommand::test_multipart_upload_with_checksum_algorithm_crc32
+	)
+	# integration tests require AWS credentials and Internet access
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	newbashcomp bin/aws_bash_completer aws
+	newzshcomp bin/aws_zsh_completer.sh _aws
+
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/bin/{aws.cmd,aws_bash_completer,aws_zsh_completer.sh} || die
+}