diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 596634b70ac16..5926df5467539 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.43.6.gh.tar.gz 3025578 BLAKE2B 33fc6b437c9e2b1717bf51218fb81bcd61
 DIST aws-cli-1.43.7.gh.tar.gz 3028477 BLAKE2B 27e815fbbd01912597e0ed0ec5f7f5c177e822a2c3dda1776fdff7d4032920f8d6d4a989ab47815217327a831c0a9e8e06f343a9b10c62a209a110a31bd67776 SHA512 2aa2ed902aa753426719fb36b8de0065bfcd0b6766301eea8eba3167abc50baabd1e9e89640fbd25430111b2233323a99e557fba19e4ca70828709a0a34cef97
 DIST aws-cli-1.43.8.gh.tar.gz 3028171 BLAKE2B 21e01698495aaa342579899f8406f24b338d1d1eba4985f2160cf446c1721d5c82cbe94e92e98ec6b94e6f690beda9e1e2f74eb1393da24778fc9d1b77c77c20 SHA512 99a782ee2b3ed8569c31ee5343b7b002d0e8bb44ea459e5f35ef62141efeb02bd95d465beda9f20f6d434664410d0f7bad241978fc7553af3601024b865f9fe5
 DIST aws-cli-1.43.9.gh.tar.gz 3028303 BLAKE2B 96b98149f34b7c0105811f8372aafca1c3e02ebbbf9cd2247a533e4ce492f69a3d478f35ce7b5a9d774fc4af689fc07d61d08f1646df6c336d718ce40fc9dca6 SHA512 482185181a393b3d1143afe3a2aaccf17034ba8f9ff19f21c9852aa6d857b2a534ad17f4720ce1bb7b1bae60d218c2db09304c5a6cd8d97586b639bddc8a944d
+DIST aws-cli-1.44.0.gh.tar.gz 3042690 BLAKE2B a14e227b57185de3e397a49c962db9b64f75d43cf92edded9c40fa87109be3c83c90d650fa00e7c63e0f3f6ad46d1e15109beae5cc76911888e5812698f34678 SHA512 84f324875aba479f247ffc1e48d3a84c17278e199a13154c4485f76610bdfb0de8812a4fc7fdb8274d63e673c7b8bc70c9f6b5c6c5dc1ac762ebeec88f1517b9
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.0.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8451829d28798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.0.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..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
+}