diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index d86ede46fd9b..0dd18332163c 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.40.52.gh.tar.gz 15233376 BLAKE2B 42b98caa71139cc3893a99216caa5eb
 DIST botocore-1.40.53.gh.tar.gz 15251620 BLAKE2B ff4e660e6b2ab94e1ddc2f7a8c9a888ebc9be3833f672e49dc7fa9960f51caddf6e1ad5d0a7453a8948bcd016f2bbe995c1a06509341713c863b64e92fef01b0 SHA512 f64a034fa916b7cd49a21a3248b888c63635bafbce3034ca1ee144f80a92ccc94ac7f51cb5a459399449259d2f20d6f39efb126d6c19aa6c8200dd87e190e772
 DIST botocore-1.40.54.gh.tar.gz 15251739 BLAKE2B ca4f84e88e76bf2ea9b88833b856b4d6f19b3b973e12bb4b6ffbec2004e6586cf607f410983762d2fefdae9f7d6460abba6362dfcf46887da0acdf249260fc26 SHA512 14b995a497dc77aa8f95a51a77862d6b0a8298f1ff526bc87c4c919a1073c834efd66040ac91279eb3932b81767e09bc360cc11b80951ab3fc2d96b89382fdc2
 DIST botocore-1.40.55.gh.tar.gz 15255349 BLAKE2B 22516d43d5737d92bbead967a13b4ce72fc6d35d928f9ac6d9906505412813b1649a5b5e73d14f90d7650682568ca3545e4b4b70b9908570725f4c3e2a4adaee SHA512 175dafe4d80c9283cfd4e81d74e59ad694356438b1a32c765baa78686b2afeb3f7e6083e76cdf488efcec0fbfb26967a408cb9a9cb48d0a0feb37977254a14a6
+DIST botocore-1.40.56.gh.tar.gz 15258987 BLAKE2B a7c859f57d02f303a241e8cde8527fa91b839deeb6696ad59128766a3c1d80a7aadfc4c48c6ffe408a0fcb10062b981987e7cc965f22802e1596479426e7a830 SHA512 40ea7244eaf3c81dc45b2d0999d080b0804382b8b102886e66493d618c84210dffa3d19bc7e2eb246a3523bfc22fefdaf28065d96a34c4d8fcff7354e1c632c1
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.56.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.56.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a931fcaefec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.56.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# 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
+
+DESCRIPTION="Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/botocore/
+	https://pypi.org/project/botocore/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/boto/botocore/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/jmespath-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-dateutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/urllib3-1.25.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# unbundled packages
+RDEPEND+="
+	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# unpin deps
+	sed -i -e "s:>=.*':':" setup.py || die
+
+	# unbundle deps
+	rm -r botocore/vendored || die
+	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
+		{} + || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# rely on bundled six
+		tests/functional/test_six_imports.py::test_no_bare_six_imports
+		tests/functional/test_six_threading.py::test_six_thread_safety
+	)
+
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}