diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 0e6e8079a260c..6886a342f1d28 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.41.9.gh.tar.gz 2982493 BLAKE2B 5b0d7b698840c76936ccfdbee9ef029676
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.1.gh.tar.gz 2991474 BLAKE2B 32ebf86994739e081338aa16c1bbb3dca92c582494fcecd1053ca3e4f886b4a7e4d08b54d8ae2500054115e73c5bca3c81bec8c45f9e27614564453c231e5367 SHA512 684dbcd1bef9b03ad574842240c9c821e56556f0796dcacb9abfc4195a08ec767149bee183be96fef561188cccec7853be3a4d7f668a8071d8ac24d0584c7191
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.2.gh.tar.gz 2991268 BLAKE2B de1a4b114c9b69c4c8fbb64066c0baa07f543aba1a9efcdfcdc4a5653d828b0350dc6b84599c6234236dc10a30e3459267f1d4844145425585c30a09ffa45f6f SHA512 7e697ed76b317ec1ec012ff98795368392827f132bb774e295500430b3ed4f53f674e2609b6a9c21ebf9367a787f57b0aa5625eaa195f626f58ec9787766b187
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.3.gh.tar.gz 2991885 BLAKE2B 395e4e2319465fe4adb4ca86677e8102f6a7b849bb3ad1f9c1cf64b9fcbd82c7481b67f787c3feeb019ec34dfe556619d3b4dafc12fa987ab75eb329a8385ce3 SHA512 ffcad8cf55e052ab9120b22d080940e44b55c469611e5b3e62d2771e43d555f0ba32db45e2e344b15ff2365a667665b89eb88224c6a4c3732b0214c745e82d2b
+DIST aws-cli-1.42.4.gh.tar.gz 2992092 BLAKE2B 2d73442ee7510232995a2b9826660945ddb1eff276788e2efcdf3b4709cbb68a7a003c90478371b782ede5ec05e3e97c8145b3b7741d59472a2dd990d1c6692a SHA512 336f7574f7f1c14671d22405b2d1071a7881b6f305616c7ce320119f47e7343d9e70c7d2624b102977a0bf9c95a5e96d8ef40a609dfbb3abdef408b863fd6e44
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.4.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba1a897f1ae2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.4.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[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.13.0[${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
+}