diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index c175fad85654d..cb5bc7e903713 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.40.32.gh.tar.gz 15140179 BLAKE2B be42af94bbff38d7bfadcf5e08e3b05
 DIST botocore-1.40.33.gh.tar.gz 15140845 BLAKE2B af295d0bd44d2c777095a96ba8c1e6b735b7cb5e00a051fed654d0f9af411fba4b9cff05920e36e8b08a92b3cf091b82c956eff6457845d0f2bb54fa794ac1c0 SHA512 2b12dfd6e13a5f83e950bc5d4320fc66638c15c0a282f19e35cdcf8b71efd4253e54fe065199409307613f99f74deece1685452cc126b8c0e2d4a2e221e2904a
 DIST botocore-1.40.34.gh.tar.gz 15144932 BLAKE2B 5e4ebceccba1ba5b0c8f25582a68ea74b8dcfb11585db849bc0221a374e3464f05548c8086485842cc74f86c842122ffdcf8d6cd16350188f3fefa237bad565a SHA512 312f711cf2ced31aca034562667622bcfd1cf47d3a86b37791466edb18bf9e0dc5eb9f821459390296ea9673b2af7d4409659bad5b556a450c65fdf15a3ee79f
 DIST botocore-1.40.35.gh.tar.gz 15147385 BLAKE2B 061a5f62573851c50c4dedbc0ea4868c73f64127219818c88976785dbbd425062b776846fce0c72ee5fca92f179ef13df14697ae387cb4741f549d1b0e3df4e6 SHA512 b85dd96dd123f155054e85da3c5fa86ca0f76019df5c9883b64143f8c7be58275063c757143fe243642ea1309f6d7fe0f900dca46c1498a4d3b2752686b95b86
+DIST botocore-1.40.36.gh.tar.gz 15147138 BLAKE2B 857c7632ff97bd7d75e56e4ac0347a38373d1448169e5b7f2120722ac0ad3508510716a2a7abe521c8c44cfdbe92a0660017fe65d180352159a312584ec09c87 SHA512 815553250d5ffcc3dde6489a2c187e983702d607e4e7f0ace55a67385340458ad80e7321237a11475174594051cb41ca4d64519e8585911ee39015fb8d1f812b
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.36.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.36.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a931fcaefec4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.36.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# 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..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/botocore/
+	https://pypi.org/project/botocore/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/boto/botocore/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/jmespath-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-dateutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/urllib3-1.25.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# unbundled packages
+RDEPEND+="
+	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# unpin deps
+	sed -i -e "s:>=.*':':" setup.py || die
+
+	# unbundle deps
+	rm -r botocore/vendored || die
+	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
+		{} + || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# rely on bundled six
+		tests/functional/test_six_imports.py::test_no_bare_six_imports
+		tests/functional/test_six_threading.py::test_six_thread_safety
+	)
+
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}