diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index ab76b6a48c182..ca100c56e6f96 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ DIST boto3-1.42.59.gh.tar.gz 1092344 BLAKE2B 90cef2aa61be1e7627f8a1c7b566097a5cf
 DIST boto3-1.42.63.gh.tar.gz 1095562 BLAKE2B 26ffcecca0099e4ad72f3dca7be7dcf946d7461867acbd27b599c812044d10e875fb2818921feedfb761d2b38756d247d2bb4f05a4b285e68580f85688625f23 SHA512 131705d3f1cee436c07ab2c3707ad86ed0b64e308f50197ae815c7133bbb32b9a5bbe5de6c8e994f3b76e482669bb17ee1233b36da56428d7b909bf5ac7431a2
 DIST boto3-1.42.68.gh.tar.gz 1099362 BLAKE2B ad682ed811e726d2c57aa33730766bba09e1ba68149ae967189170a51d78cbe1f37c5b360a251cf3fc35972c8b59612f1083844fb12c5e2b767b503dfdc17473 SHA512 5bec985fe697bf2fdd565b29111bdf133aa833fa71520c178b721592aeb698696d833257342abaa05d575602a1a533da0ce4bbe186e0969d6f218bb81fd84ecc
 DIST boto3-1.42.69.gh.tar.gz 1099937 BLAKE2B e348113a538fa3027b09fd2010533bb7b91b9e827c750d19fd7114fab7af1c18a8f6b659b90b2bb96ee676a3432495e2fc489626d53816b83efc6d00b629ee57 SHA512 be81a12c385bcb158dc3a6cd697c372d98d6537c8c3a3df29d168abfbccced0e5811df0fff3e0d359173b8a260b7207705db2298c011017bb63872ae1634caad
+DIST boto3-1.42.70.gh.tar.gz 1100215 BLAKE2B 7d87439452901d1ddb661723c778d0c247b625db0d2aaaac65a6158aadc69bfecd0341b04607ca39af3a4bd32f6b8556e3d10320b9a48c78e2500bc17051f1f6 SHA512 31c22eedcf6c936727a8691736a2a46077bf5975ee840f14ab731ca328ae78b5b039298d63c557be223382aa2cd12f4c5b9a81bcb384c118d23917e1f4d9499c
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.42.70.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.42.70.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..019ca75e6b75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.42.70.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# 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="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
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jmespath-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.16.0[${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}
+}