diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index de22cb8dade89..dbb6acd49441e 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ DIST boto3-1.38.42.gh.tar.gz 959917 BLAKE2B e53b807906bf367b91e4826b6ef1ad7446bd
 DIST boto3-1.38.43.gh.tar.gz 961150 BLAKE2B 8e7472e9352cc0071867441586e49c8284d9dcd79a34ef03af5c2a8addbedb1d48c0adbb28937e3de081a1913a79ae9d03bd2e79bc9c98bdad93139458b726a3 SHA512 5d8280720ee9c8767cdf1229893f328154c26bf0e8e87831f54045a23a9e12be0fb315f3771e4f725eb8cbc431f84445beefd43843483beddb9386c051537f4f
 DIST boto3-1.38.44.gh.tar.gz 961732 BLAKE2B 88bea3da8fc2bfe75951898ebb39bb4f41d43217c16260e8922dd7f297aca7749b63c60995f862b4eae253c183a395cf9483d454d280ee273095573967d012ac SHA512 0e8a1fc6f2abdb69751e4eb4e7d2653d144c51c80df071b21c596e81192dcbd650f46b80485a6314ef757960de0846cbdacffbd6e1161d5e1e01a28e2e77fea9
 DIST boto3-1.38.45.gh.tar.gz 962451 BLAKE2B ad233d2d7c9bf87f7897031dedb5de41b501bd4d3357ab11b047c3db0901721574bf31a4b35d920e0cf90529ad0e2d5ca21b9405031a1825d20de26726f27130 SHA512 b7ec45bbb56945601abc1926860d8be394eb6fde5465af96d9cd844d95aa73d7b1a0e95de0a1e1e380004ea1f8ad5ddfdf63fd032f3e35774d623baa045ad5a1
+DIST boto3-1.38.46.gh.tar.gz 961156 BLAKE2B 36fe0a2d35176c3419f4a49148b77713e126371930dafa112aaba7f53ca483323500cf23d68fa27372130d07fb9aad090950959ad56c25ae7503f77e2a525905 SHA512 c15c90fad56f476014ef6ae8ff687e088114001750def69cefa25002d0d38a4fee60114943d2c5e7b70f7ecca497fbba987cc9b33bba5ff6637a5fe8aa079149
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.46.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.46.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd6e26787db4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.38.46.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-0.13.0[${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}
+}