diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index 759b84afca30..8242f5b445c1 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ DIST boto3-1.40.50.gh.tar.gz 1009112 BLAKE2B a5c1be6c13cacb8b0fa1a7b4c64a9fec9ca
 DIST boto3-1.40.55.gh.tar.gz 1013401 BLAKE2B 86de575af2244a1b6ec317dac61a71ba2b5eee42f28ca3b3d1ded552cbad10bb22e96ae6bf49212be0ee5fb220342a8829213fff9ec19ce046aae0262f791ee9 SHA512 b9fe63173e21303d688add1a519b589072313d9f62d474418a0f99eee50a92d595e36e4f1d9cd8259884c9c4c21b29c55242c9583c21b7e8a4f0bdcd76c79841
 DIST boto3-1.40.59.gh.tar.gz 1017517 BLAKE2B 31511c062e6991ba14b7bc7227f4b4a214da5bc6dd012139cebaeb53a34ad540a80b5216495b2796d34f6ad91fc135837c830d9151fb34aba15d6d1c552c415d SHA512 90cc90f03e743c57ddc195a2ff10282d3c99851b54cd475da95bb3eb120449b0c0aa59d920baf206142e151eba0250aad5fa9c1a6c1be9e550ea1be5b69f8566
 DIST boto3-1.40.64.gh.tar.gz 1023920 BLAKE2B ca8af519caa4d3d4a20c808b3b9d263ad4d684327c29513d9fd37fc820f2d38c6a6450d6450d9a5355bdf4182e875a01939d69546821b00594b51b985fec31b5 SHA512 58010e4fbca89978aee5703e6e39ffe6116b31c1afb409335937de07e447e9027eea9523ac04e059c12cbf46b84ce88583b49356457978dc8d8491688fc2034d
+DIST boto3-1.40.65.gh.tar.gz 1024259 BLAKE2B c8226b3da53619822865158c103035319143fd9da6598609e89009f17da333d44d88ea87a6a0d470595f20d2fde92e7c6004582a11dd3fe119f328a7da2d7e1d SHA512 4fe5b707987734c4a7b8b9a8cbf44daeda777d0398c9ec7958d0f798560d74e33556a2a6b23e914ce4874e005ec703c9e0688e287956cf506c438606e53e80fc
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.65.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.65.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90fb2a42e6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.65.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# 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="The AWS SDK for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/boto3/
+	https://pypi.org/project/boto3/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/boto/boto3/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jmespath-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.14.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# don't lock versions to narrow ranges
+	sed -e '/botocore/ d' \
+		-e '/jmespath/ d' \
+		-e '/s3transfer/ d' \
+		-i setup.py || die
+
+	# 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
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}