diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index 1fae4a02faa0e..2710800298441 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.37.33.gh.tar.gz 14547041 BLAKE2B 65fc9cd205b582dd5b046670dec5708
 DIST botocore-1.37.37.gh.tar.gz 14563135 BLAKE2B 290689f13333ab7ebdbac0bccf6568035776482dbab62c542a41ce6bf93b9d5e01400526c50534fb068798dc5626408c039f8746f091fe881cb70629c6ccd6e4 SHA512 3e020f6f264ef19a71f812733536812abe92e5998f3c19766782e01cdd235a17648b330bdb64289ea8b87a520625e0c7ece9436e014ade111d66bc4181f5bec9
 DIST botocore-1.37.38.gh.tar.gz 14568062 BLAKE2B ca684d02e52ecb0f12597b9e1ab8de4a4979cd177c40d4d71af3bcdaf7d5a27187521624cb178553054acd1eefed7ff10abedb29b86fa0f0025978349ef9a21f SHA512 ed1cedf46a47853a889d6daa63113e0900732fd40af4f44d1787a0d12238aed4c2262de0e1380d2eab2e4a667720d985d48b57e558a3f5305edd3172fe686808
 DIST botocore-1.38.0.gh.tar.gz 14576953 BLAKE2B 7a843baf6d1fdc1f9c79fa4eb387c255e97f2bdd0716a3acd21948045ce71206b426bf97d8b9a20339c78db806dde8795b5b3e9dab1c069c8c0866db02308380 SHA512 a3dbd68615454868126da1d57fe3e4a1e602ebc44646a7fd7853471d738a1e6bbdb29881bbe551731cfa693f6a418dfd6140bd1297c20c8a7e59238ecb711da1
+DIST botocore-1.38.1.gh.tar.gz 14577554 BLAKE2B b41b110ad2ced738d953da3cc8d8754e4a846e2297723b18d6eca8b91012d77d16765ea7e4b57c20cb5024bc12c75311508e4f598cacb94240ef2a5cbbf12970 SHA512 23482b851d9fd17c8989fb5e800a95c38a4bd49adb0450255965b41a65d0c333b5d5d06655d83e8695590e5852933cc94297463df87261c316062f228ade7164
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.38.1.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.38.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e1580d455818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.38.1.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_{10..13} )
+
+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_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
+	)
+
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}