diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index 59d69e323021c..384efe420dfca 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ DIST boto3-1.40.52.gh.tar.gz 1010268 BLAKE2B 83b1ca1b5b65bd8e058fea5a97dc37b6bef
 DIST boto3-1.40.53.gh.tar.gz 1011133 BLAKE2B c2b93b36d9ed83c442ee2f2f873668947c06f27122b77eec925ca23b52753ac2056dbfb49aed7793b95c8bba7d8bf5b19df85f9bd7160270f72039dd4c61e412 SHA512 b595ec51307c5d218a25fe88cd26f01786d4b0afb7b160f6c42f256f7fdd1789ed9a05d0b2e77c4967384413328caa7fda43981567ad562ba3230e25844f92ae
 DIST boto3-1.40.54.gh.tar.gz 1012193 BLAKE2B 11f293c1a8737992b44b152db1ed3589ce76f29b22be5d043f6cced42c3134e0b788b12d1fc1c114c7e8a7a964c56fc06dd46a3356d0fdd899f257fd245e73ee SHA512 1c5162a07d731ca1cea80a2b6a5e1d1484357ad238de8108dd3d66a046f0180d4fce74cf8a2590cd6fc3baa21e4b68b196268bb9ac558e530ea6a2e0fdaaa808
 DIST boto3-1.40.55.gh.tar.gz 1013401 BLAKE2B 86de575af2244a1b6ec317dac61a71ba2b5eee42f28ca3b3d1ded552cbad10bb22e96ae6bf49212be0ee5fb220342a8829213fff9ec19ce046aae0262f791ee9 SHA512 b9fe63173e21303d688add1a519b589072313d9f62d474418a0f99eee50a92d595e36e4f1d9cd8259884c9c4c21b29c55242c9583c21b7e8a4f0bdcd76c79841
+DIST boto3-1.40.56.gh.tar.gz 1013934 BLAKE2B 6d98605fd3fcdce094c2fdd9179ea5113cc3d1e159d0f46bc2751ae0799403789a995abdf27ce3c87d4870019d038d9a83317375ed2fb23e7a537403fc104633 SHA512 88b3799ab915fc057ca19279286940f705efeba5a891988bbf6da962e1743b5298f60ef2db6c0a319b75599b3503c0b48beb0dbb6381e6ab430c35b5730c451e
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.56.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.56.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90fb2a42e6e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.56.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}
+}