diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 1da3e2c259e54..e57e15899b72b 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.42.31.gh.tar.gz 2981435 BLAKE2B 823e801d5810dc6598c7227e0acf496e0
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.32.gh.tar.gz 2981500 BLAKE2B 6c9afa7ef76b5e6055278651f0b1b1ad7530e1c205864dc1ce73af17485d995776e1bdca0288419fdb58e179d3ed8dae894f50330cc38e58f3d5a81eee8bb4e2 SHA512 5521769a287ca63a15e6f57adb6c958e993448172c9c07e6935ca104158c339681999f140a99bb7eec9df20dbbec3a591892d0a3855c1446e88b174297d8a072
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.33.gh.tar.gz 2982168 BLAKE2B bc015af90ede02fb2bf3979219c08534d79f6909b04c021ad44e91f3e2b43e4b18cab2614b50ed10267a96a272daca711fd6fe1b7758406e876896f2abe32a66 SHA512 567be099ccc6a921d8b32264d4f6b459268346b53c258f2451d4e5896664d1eccc0cd5063670501628666ef39b0d9c829552de4ec0e3c4adfd0f8ce8d6eb7a5b
 DIST aws-cli-1.42.34.gh.tar.gz 2982283 BLAKE2B a9c887295b255b66d5e36ca5b134600ba9bee3bdcab30df36d396c032128c4f2d77a2e151962a656f85b80ccc017f7200060f530d9c5aaee78a6f6de333249c2 SHA512 52424623f7cdc16fdb12a44c9dd6d08be9f294730e71dc204b0274931e6214aef1952c10caee38ddf2ef8f069265928bb0406731dcfdc9fa0805a0e915525cb0
+DIST aws-cli-1.42.35.gh.tar.gz 2982862 BLAKE2B ec020776ecc815a8c1a6b7bc59cb979bdddab65ef7299d899378bcf8b52f51918f0961cbd7136cd6cc643d40273131d5100f9345bb55f59565eeb42baeef6729 SHA512 2460d38cae6ebd513609ab0ff16303e797c252109f14057f2742398ac81a29b417b64839fd2dbddf6c1d31fda8580cd32a320078964d46cb4aca58b6ad97836d
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.35.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.35.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee5aa1768d2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.42.35.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# 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..13} )
+
+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}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+# botocore is x.(y-2).z, sigh
+BOTOCORE_PV="$(ver_cut 1).$(( $(ver_cut 2) - 2)).$(ver_cut 3-)"
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${BOTOCORE_PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/colorama[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/docutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.14.0[${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
+}