diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 8ebe13febe1ff..ebb3651a144ad 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.42.59.gh.tar.gz 3002692 BLAKE2B 12fb8d42f378ac77b30cce65efb2ce826
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.60.gh.tar.gz 3004332 BLAKE2B fe57fc05491a9d09d7d01b025b82b0d91966e100f6e7fcd5abfd5ababac3c8e2b6dd785e6ec6840eb2104ea2341bfa4e1839ea32e34c4ad70b71e12aa0a9d1a0 SHA512 08f09fd5634d36f34306dc9c1f9d74c17e16a16de333cc13bbe2a730dc03650a27b16e602f21d93e5bf979bb7d03483c6e0a9a74909481d8822da7172ae78b3c
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.61.gh.tar.gz 2995598 BLAKE2B 382573dc4f90f91aa6df7754fcafafbdec30ae911a63a7f0c6fdc09792dd7bb4113a80dbc0294d9a10c963b5a7c19232d731da1db7b3b051851be0bf48be3736 SHA512 da82eef56450522e221b1b8b2b2e446b45a34320238a6b9ceab05db5c682ac61f9e2b52eb6faafc3b44865de7bec859edf1b9b6efddc38b9f887c4c9749f4b56
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.62.gh.tar.gz 2995443 BLAKE2B d3963ce689f89df50c5233703d5ddd4c82837e302d368cc7c894327c571357a40b91f10598fcaf3b68b7c970440c2ca22efcfb55d198d0be8e00057c1f98750e SHA512 31366e6577ffa3f97657d51f3c9ed49329e3368014b81285412b967f49aaab3c2698cd7cf292d13a3c6c657d136eb5c3b46af6aa49fc53bf36c8fcb4ad115e26
+DIST aws-cli-1.42.63.gh.tar.gz 2996207 BLAKE2B 2f36214c4174d1b53925d869e51b86743a56b8ca6d1adcb28e7291c39e5b3ff6b3ad7ad029bbf0fcd617e4ee8ed7c9a3aa08edabcc4396b4e4dade834f4ad077 SHA512 3c7276649c60b08f843273ea0da080bb69e3749fc4c4f89612f18f6113b506cb85c9bc2518c5ba21665fa9e9cc34a041b149d79e0225c6ca2e3a692c84c1670f
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.63.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.63.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ebe418b8cfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.63.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..14} )
+
+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
+}