diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 90ce2f4335cdc..61a2c5f822c70 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.44.75.gh.tar.gz 3109467 BLAKE2B f5ac143c037f5067027e97b059b8e0858
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.76.gh.tar.gz 3110917 BLAKE2B bb71b5efe74d9065ecaff4e3a7866157fa41b0c2271f138a703eb809b242ce16d2e77e8c331959619d48df57ab4cb1fe453e9f3ef1105f773f683be288af2eed SHA512 4a66cff0aef1030bfb7cf99ab9823094fdc1da5416dfecc321f09dec842393785a2afe16859276da686e8fef5da5dd917a458d43dfbcb20743152fbc594cd08c
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.77.gh.tar.gz 3112383 BLAKE2B 386c13c0556788ab1de83e7442006b98d3c77555ebb34b1b62951210a4a56ea3f7fefd4487e3f066d7240369b31da1aa401a9dda0058ed0a32cf3ab71075f9b7 SHA512 8f176cad308fa0228421aa1d15e365a35897476b3f3754756c402cbcd59366cbcf553a22361edcc53141173f0dd6ba5fc22796fb7d6306a3f00a5cd9939f3e01
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.78.gh.tar.gz 3113712 BLAKE2B 058bb5fd747eec76a6713f7171f6dd280f61551768d00cc31a4271b4bacd922af887592ecd9cda776a2266290802c36dc3e78d3c057937f7646e059959f77408 SHA512 9c7476fbe8b904de3b91bc198444c41c295ea7a56449b4896ab3c7aac44bd151d0eacefaf8341944ddda7a8769950404b3ebb2b107a889504dd81d6cf0e65377
+DIST aws-cli-1.44.79.gh.tar.gz 3114561 BLAKE2B d4f46ad2b59a3925ca2c683f3f8493acca86d843aa583bf154594a024b50005c39309fed0bbe19e374e1cc5e4202852ecbdad870a5a35bb42c79de0d573c9831 SHA512 95a1cbe82a1b60ee59d945897894196903a6cdcda0ac5b5b84ff290ecc775a6236d59255a6b165fa57e510df2c337e84132c35988119030b29ea1b593eb9a52f
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.79.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.79.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..993f89ea1d78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.79.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# 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 shell-completion
+
+MY_P=aws-cli-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="Universal Command Line Environment for AWS"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/
+	https://pypi.org/project/awscli/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+# botocore is x.(y-2).(z+10), sigh
+BOTOCORE_PV="$(ver_cut 1).$(( $(ver_cut 2) - 2)).$(( $(ver_cut 3) + 10 ))"
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${BOTOCORE_PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/colorama[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.16.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	!app-admin/awscli-bin
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-forked )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# do not rely on bundled deps in botocore (sic!)
+	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
+		{} + || die
+	# strip overzealous upper bounds on requirements
+	sed -i -e 's:,<[=0-9.]*::' -e 's:==:>=:' setup.py || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local serial_tests=(
+		tests/functional/ecs/test_execute_command.py::TestExecuteCommand::test_execute_command_success
+		tests/functional/ssm/test_start_session.py::TestSessionManager::test_start_session_{fails,success}
+		tests/functional/ssm/test_start_session.py::TestSessionManager::test_start_session_with_new_version_plugin_success
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestDotNetLogin::test_login_dotnet_sources_listed_with_backtracking
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestDotNetLogin::test_login_dotnet_sources_listed_with_backtracking_windows
+		tests/unit/customizations/codeartifact/test_adapter_login.py::TestNuGetLogin::test_login_nuget_sources_listed_with_backtracking
+		tests/unit/customizations/ecs/test_executecommand_startsession.py::TestExecuteCommand::test_execute_command_success
+		tests/unit/customizations/test_sessionmanager.py
+		tests/unit/test_compat.py::TestIgnoreUserSignals
+		tests/unit/test_help.py
+		tests/unit/test_utils.py::TestIgnoreCtrlC::test_ctrl_c_is_ignored
+	)
+	EPYTEST_XDIST= epytest "${serial_tests[@]}"
+
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		"${serial_tests[@]}"
+
+		# flaky (some ordering?)
+		tests/functional/s3/test_cp_command.py::TestCPCommand::test_multipart_upload_with_checksum_algorithm_crc32
+	)
+	# integration tests require AWS credentials and Internet access
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	newbashcomp bin/aws_bash_completer aws
+	newzshcomp bin/aws_zsh_completer.sh _aws
+
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/bin/{aws.cmd,aws_bash_completer,aws_zsh_completer.sh} || die
+}