diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index e1f90d69cb81f..1c302cca8ea53 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.40.45.gh.tar.gz 15197014 BLAKE2B 6b44913005d75f22b0ff993b1fea47a
 DIST botocore-1.40.50.gh.tar.gz 15222465 BLAKE2B 626b040c06531d96c1e0276e4bf6a70747b2c8184d9178b24333b1b7e91e833175114d31e7ee1b48b83597b22b2869132b50f3834a4bdaa082a111a7a9f41a10 SHA512 91ac7467c8b1cc58d2b29a0bb34d7374a7c8987eb73caccc3b3becb782995d64a874d099ea74a5e0c046d0aae2497211a0a84d3a8e7f42efc1252fa6ab517872
 DIST botocore-1.40.51.gh.tar.gz 15225894 BLAKE2B c4524ecc477f6d21b87040792f4c123e8b1f6dfcee1a8fa04374ced27f685251028a8aa43a5f608bb0a46aa51b2d19d00e46cceaa5822e2a28a701782d8a9109 SHA512 1091fbe9c63b9990367886d937f93392bae720682c0471496cca1c841ef177157e3191575b70f40c721f787b25ea4747df0d1b26c12b9b7eae62db93127695d9
 DIST botocore-1.40.52.gh.tar.gz 15233376 BLAKE2B 42b98caa71139cc3893a99216caa5eb3553d37419c24ddf1f8f21798652ef7c61611d887b7b4d2d0d68a6060a7e96c2847f0858d1c9445ad224a586db864d1c2 SHA512 799393c26e105a64fb6e83259f2a4ade3fdddd334056a5bf4f77f7b51eda548687e9fe1de9dad4e95a0258302d63d84a66d2b3e0296643bd96234ec96c31ace3
+DIST botocore-1.40.53.gh.tar.gz 15251620 BLAKE2B ff4e660e6b2ab94e1ddc2f7a8c9a888ebc9be3833f672e49dc7fa9960f51caddf6e1ad5d0a7453a8948bcd016f2bbe995c1a06509341713c863b64e92fef01b0 SHA512 f64a034fa916b7cd49a21a3248b888c63635bafbce3034ca1ee144f80a92ccc94ac7f51cb5a459399449259d2f20d6f39efb126d6c19aa6c8200dd87e190e772
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.53.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.53.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a931fcaefec4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.53.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}
+}