diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
index 3f0de8c1f374a..0ba974070f46e 100644
--- a/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/Manifest
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ DIST aws-cli-1.44.51.gh.tar.gz 3080052 BLAKE2B 43843760eee0c29c35a4f155d993ab5cb
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.52.gh.tar.gz 3081179 BLAKE2B 904ec041ce318a80deebe4b363c6a7b3d4c9fefc3dc8aa7c6108c251196145a3b62aaa760680d6b5feeab3fe80b9092735726e51ff9bdc01401b2cd679ba333e SHA512 33ea8c1382f1cc9f684ad09b8e07d903a20f7299a1ae1059a85ff620d5a7cb0d92ad2aa9e001f1ed3567397f75de50f09a706d01848e31af94b3ddb739a955be
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.53.gh.tar.gz 3083146 BLAKE2B 7179c55e10785c741c89c9ee0099ba8ba3847bb4fd268536adec02428b80329951ad77518357e54374e22286d4f4ea7abb4cdf0da1fe72085ad10c9f213f3c2f SHA512 c75568a7250e16fd9a943e1124cc7b994f46cd13fd2706c3db2c3cd90cdace9a3e51c214e79cbb8389cf27203c2807028b6af65a777de3de675cfd4e5091586c
 DIST aws-cli-1.44.54.gh.tar.gz 3083247 BLAKE2B e8c52eae785314fe3bff4012a5bcac0622e28e44c8587234388fa127a52e2c719277367e6599d9666667031cf4475c221cee075969372cae036675e40c261476 SHA512 98612b50b567beb9dc52c64029df51eb3657573dcd546b9ee05301277453f4feb06cd5f74221219243b1520cee60e8c858bc725f563d9c142290c96d5aa48d86
+DIST aws-cli-1.44.55.gh.tar.gz 3083244 BLAKE2B 8679a18b62c6d37a123f5dfd16d3f6a7daf6ddef75322c95a1437c681a79d0673dd811bd1aafa662554b58ff5bdacfac6af3afcf70594e9837c323bf8f2a9026 SHA512 3e8f4830a9fd74fcde1e4cac95fb0696a02fc185a2c2111aa41e947881563be6ea006a1889a36ae487221605a2534b0f483c5e6bdb02c136d77b4e524004f095
diff --git a/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.55.ebuild b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.55.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..993f89ea1d78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/awscli/awscli-1.44.55.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
+}