diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index 426e504fcf509..f058d53c86056 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.42.88.gh.tar.gz 16115557 BLAKE2B cb2470ce6d16bb0e91d6976b84899ee
 DIST botocore-1.42.91.gh.tar.gz 16138871 BLAKE2B b5090d9707e20d83bdcc2757f13f6555a2fe50bc10361c8bbea9fba5fe09183ac588700864fec9677ba0bc84d85337c0b2a5f8d38ab0a832068dd1292000ee95 SHA512 5c96771c9170476817b3c4fc8e4201123389867015285c14a6db09856f2a5f9b9110523cf3a757fa2182fe726e99c549871b62a2ce3dc80d6b8abf703f0103cb
 DIST botocore-1.42.96.gh.tar.gz 16190988 BLAKE2B c63dbf335904dd9fd56d2881428fab2500ef36104fee2f979fb8394860eb30743022db17ffaabfe14bb896bed2b03728e32f0d0f8e7e6f1979abefb171f87a7c SHA512 d3f55cb1c05cb587b89f83eb3ca58fc002d67187e958deb25d8bd571bac89802e63231da4e6b9261616003e6cb3972291697141ad4208cec76ce39769aa81fc4
 DIST botocore-1.42.97.gh.tar.gz 16197069 BLAKE2B c907476ae52d71e8dc63c7074a2b603a92823e94a31fc3a71739dcd0c6e73854bb1149eada875859ead93ca38873c3890e1c524799ac3173ea3e124cc436583b SHA512 7b9d576340fcc3d830015b2b1e895970e58afeb98796da53ce7353c78532f5661f6c4222d6f935cbd9363277c04a5be3fbac5554fa0f6c48742d1d52fafc868f
+DIST botocore-1.43.0.gh.tar.gz 16218774 BLAKE2B e98285e4e8920fe91163113fe45414e858a3fd9f907f4a2fdba4c2e1583214400f40e34259517da9c6640acd2742108fb9a34b5f2f6dc93170cc799cadd61995 SHA512 fa9f9af62657dd2be034725018f221cc6ab120df21ee438564c3e12690a59290d31b24921e1fe429c2cc22ca662bbc69f4b493e09213afecb52be04a0581b05f
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.43.0.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.43.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d43f8b5c5f238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.43.0.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}
+}