diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index 61e33666fad64..7f25597305ee8 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.42.51.gh.tar.gz 15803682 BLAKE2B 9b986c8171c3e4d8770d9996b995c2a
 DIST botocore-1.42.52.gh.tar.gz 15803656 BLAKE2B 429a6dafb158f11504d9ce888373af52d5916e76349101aec3ed83d3feb92e319692f6c8cdcb6d7dbf34cff4525bcc19dbea0346d95cf81c7516d56a83917818 SHA512 e88701a7f6091f8967586476b5dbe4216dc7a9b244e6a3f6d4c78612c8c47a14dd37e8cbff4e13d20cbf283e8eda858cba4f41498a6cade0c946b18c943a5ea7
 DIST botocore-1.42.53.gh.tar.gz 15805189 BLAKE2B 41192b9714c72f7841c6ad1dc11014c0714ce1b89f6020cbe806f91fde811762028d02b71499e3c14703f0b46f0f450f4662bc6901fe4787ff5b6e5703a3ea60 SHA512 812ac85114b50b038e97f25b4ac4467949c1919d3b49d029f15bc66e8aa6a170d8c0b927fa2f6ab75872c064b36113fa0758aca44766006e32c5ebffd9e1d1e1
 DIST botocore-1.42.54.gh.tar.gz 15809562 BLAKE2B 555e6c10bb65e5f14fbae4366084ddb5839674feb8ed77586e95b6c2bce76de7422ed92f260640d2dbfddf25b070909f1b2d69c386a2265289c12c19d7e49b8a SHA512 a49078027612182c1cbc9fcbfb5fcf4d99b02ef4278b3d6fde341f3c33d92a00bfd99c4cdf0fa2e359ca8c05789d007815a39e3ee07e9f630880f2bda66ce9fc
+DIST botocore-1.42.55.gh.tar.gz 15814283 BLAKE2B b97e4be1a5e14706670742fb706e3d890660f92b7fed773ae3725466483607b5d551d414f92f1bcd5c0439e26ec37a62bd8891a9524fb2408ca094596cc4edb7 SHA512 8676ae2929beca575c58bd78e03eaf89b07fd74edf54194c02a196db4d6963fec42babed5e08e07041b8b0eee9c32d68e8ae0560428b323f4a7f01bf7e7d3bd1
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.42.55.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.42.55.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d43f8b5c5f238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.42.55.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 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
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/jmespath-2[${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}
+}