diff --git a/dev-python/s3transfer/Manifest b/dev-python/s3transfer/Manifest
index 8f5615e42aa8f..2a8f650ad3bed 100644
--- a/dev-python/s3transfer/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/s3transfer/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST s3transfer-0.16.0.tar.gz 153827 BLAKE2B 0bb01ad6e9bafbcdc2b89e11949fea5d2a550eefde12fc8ac696fc2153ae338759bcb0e7bdddc6c18c88108de64a90edb70d9deb2c3d4ce4ad26a0b20b3ee292 SHA512 dd81875d173c1d66ed234a5194e1bc06faa0dad2d885a55d09932c6686c0f56ecd9d474971ad7ec9c21a1ebf45c35d9688c4a2a4cdf16059cafb70ed910b003c
+DIST s3transfer-0.16.1.tar.gz 154801 BLAKE2B 7a8684162402007c148b9cbd5eb29a006b99eeb0ecbb4221a452360220db26a3c7c5601f0a965ea29ba7946180224b4f34ee5cfca3631137b5a71328e9322921 SHA512 d953559ab4667b497b058945268af9edde3a1483f09c6725bf45eb5ab347a41c4c4635e663130edcd76aeeacbf40daa39ef8b78e777f54f7ef3ed4d1973cec04
diff --git a/dev-python/s3transfer/s3transfer-0.16.1.ebuild b/dev-python/s3transfer/s3transfer-0.16.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c4f0261950f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/s3transfer/s3transfer-0.16.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# 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 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="An Amazon S3 Transfer Manager"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/s3transfer/
+	https://pypi.org/project/s3transfer/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/botocore-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/botocore-1.37.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_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
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	epytest tests/{unit,functional}
+}