diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index 883a64255fc24..9b684434f3b54 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ DIST boto3-1.40.27.gh.tar.gz 996173 BLAKE2B 2f1353dd4e11c1598efb4f5865987d9f3234
 DIST boto3-1.40.28.gh.tar.gz 996775 BLAKE2B d3107f7a52ec1f3f473ce8dd82c782c87a5e89863dbad71f3119e408c1858b504a1fdacc41d1e05d6322060374db1ff7805a5c748acbe41521d512fc585a537b SHA512 639d2821212817209dc7673be0bd7638776b076dd4869c56d44ddd79fdbc2b3253229cf0eaed27d04fc0ffa88b788ed826a594b2c295b6fe9e2eef73bdaebb41
 DIST boto3-1.40.29.gh.tar.gz 997723 BLAKE2B 37b54cb8aa1174095ac843f7339875ef510b65bd1d33a75733324ec9a308217370d238d6ee2ac2c0d4ded1d5c650a4a8854a8a6cefea7b24cb92d21b664d24f7 SHA512 19bb07e1a5309717bb1ee8fe653dc11dbb0dc6c077cdc97ad8e0ad895bff6c7e84465829c85ee0e1da01151465954336b328275a20f30cda28dfb9148cf856ad
 DIST boto3-1.40.30.gh.tar.gz 997925 BLAKE2B 4467751d6248dd25b046c23680d966d3222d60200ac32c5616a90ec67db375b289e0baabcd663b8cdf099d656bb89d1645e9852d7898c430ed10f6ebf27a2b94 SHA512 5956487cc48e6c6e7b970dc39f6f1f7e6861af5f8c44e448b9ca7eb15890be1ea43c7d8418ee9be876e73c40191701db0342a55f0c90117ab5457b054d998610
+DIST boto3-1.40.31.gh.tar.gz 998446 BLAKE2B 3664713984fb2ec75f80036851754e8df79005f0a27508d98a12682e3acf88ff31aa3e5b3155bec8fb6397cc0b487875ccadc14ce640ab8bf1995aeade92f917 SHA512 485d2f8294e6fd2cebd6d4bf0ef2227a3306e2678868f3fc912009f04471fe0714cc73c102526769904054b792344804e65371390eda2b4f1f5911d79c467734
 DIST boto3-1.40.6.gh.tar.gz 981330 BLAKE2B 929b4326d8d48e46750128e6236776b86fd5e59f0aab113e3ec797f18f138c7f52b30a79724f97de8083fd8e8baa04169e68e219ef5acf592561dabb838b4374 SHA512 65431a0d084298f51e0eee1753119f811261e9e57fdc5fa0491c9ce8d4fc745e705aed22527c8c06e003227c5c0bccc1a659e04bcc96a68fafb61bc53ec70a84
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.31.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.31.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90fb2a42e6e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.31.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}
+}