diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index 5201d678ea112..bbb839e7fc6ca 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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 DIST boto3-1.39.3.gh.tar.gz 967377 BLAKE2B 239fcd2d4492d3848dc473c71cf3bf8cae80b844303c32cf0e405e810b18c892bf100705c39d81c196cd83288db2500331b9d706d481ebcfee8237d245af4bb1 SHA512 89a8e3bb96255c097ffa8a8d2dad6c18835d5404d502ba41fd500aac8dfb0d1229478b6d17e82e5668d00d6df604ade5a209a6c99f3d11fc956dee4c77c2452c
+DIST boto3-1.39.4.gh.tar.gz 967954 BLAKE2B 5e63cfb5c2381605475c928c4aec6cf303b99ca13eb67377e5a283e07d0de35eb6846352976a854632e72c34477f964b32ffc8f0fc178d10d7e95df8d4a145cc SHA512 dbe389b4eb1e8ac1f425f34bb96c5baecc42acdc608bef7ddc31e1fbaa3baa6850504cb9513494a6ca782755ce9264fd0d794960eeb495678ef1cb3d2c85fe90
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.39.4.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.39.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd6e26787db4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.39.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# 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="The AWS SDK for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/boto3/
+	https://pypi.org/project/boto3/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/boto/boto3/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/botocore-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jmespath-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/s3transfer-0.13.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# don't lock versions to narrow ranges
+	sed -e '/botocore/ d' \
+		-e '/jmespath/ d' \
+		-e '/s3transfer/ d' \
+		-i setup.py || die
+
+	# 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
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit}
+}