diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index 5c138a50c94ce..38b817fe3383c 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.40.41.gh.tar.gz 15164168 BLAKE2B 6e566392943e927d3b22f6dd44462d5
 DIST botocore-1.40.42.gh.tar.gz 15185422 BLAKE2B a9f080f72a1476b09a2874241cddaaf2c287e717bb870716bea813417ab578d0458ac5d920214fd7fb7a2a8d428a7e6469aecaa1f78f6eebd4824328f1e7063a SHA512 b39b60bddc61aa8b4f4e461122c961dba5447a429f8a95640db4356817f060feb088f4c1523315ffa156969aff61c55f25fbe53257c20f4f1c990cd138c0c380
 DIST botocore-1.40.43.gh.tar.gz 15190445 BLAKE2B c152b13c7e0c877c891d699b77ab48015a402641a18ed03181da06860cf64a7b37144d3933e7d9593ca18d1715c2fba6873c528a0db6e6576f54e1b0cee4e834 SHA512 ea3867266399644c8bf3d718992142943bd676a7f53f4b906e7d58f5368831f53acc52bc3473d26f626eb85916aaaaea1755f13675f414cfe77d4a1de2feeb15
 DIST botocore-1.40.44.gh.tar.gz 15193025 BLAKE2B ff2a2a82adffb1595b5932141657b6fa98159fce393fd6310d14108d78ac785a0fa8a52ab99ee8dd2311bde8df5fed867bb0bfb331ac4af968bd661cedb00c55 SHA512 7282f2277f92797776515fa53aaf3f52e441e7bc88a3d1d35d11f9e9c1182fc677f9e7c0b4440b12c80fff8d22a6db80e3fb03ac2e470c243898a23d8590dbc9
+DIST botocore-1.40.45.gh.tar.gz 15197014 BLAKE2B 6b44913005d75f22b0ff993b1fea47a417832d17988cc2d39325f1aa3151690bd4f3248f4ab4a338edea23833ff731bc56808d8e4c2a99cb08e280f27fc301f1 SHA512 0d6746d501c774139be0bd669df118eea875b886de972a71bdbd64085db68697edba57fc1eecebac2e91f772b96ceea8636ef04af3dbeaa0d4d163a6d61156c8
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.45.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.45.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a931fcaefec4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.45.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}
+}