diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
index bcb0aa7ff42c2..b4fa2c1a3e0bf 100644
--- a/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/Manifest
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ DIST boto3-1.40.40.gh.tar.gz 1003705 BLAKE2B b7a555bb3ce92d01a14f3bc43a689452ed7
 DIST boto3-1.40.45.gh.tar.gz 1007074 BLAKE2B b6b36715046fc1468ad02770b31c88276d342546f4482c75d41686d4754c4b5a4231d027356bac122be08067943ad7df02bbea6fa2086a79306125ef41fc27b9 SHA512 4533e413d4771b5770f77df9c6574dca3d85bafbc1d65918b90c294fdd32ff3e6ab6e5e5f95c2ae0fb9db062eda411d2fd7fab7c7b873e87e2074ca34a13cce1
 DIST boto3-1.40.50.gh.tar.gz 1009112 BLAKE2B a5c1be6c13cacb8b0fa1a7b4c64a9fec9caabd6b17ba9cdceb45da4954e21d4020a707d72eb2de52e8d83b78990adf5ce8a82dc166d84f5e98fa5289304dadee SHA512 7955190f7a55b47293b25b15e1b5c86e79a3a468aba20999a114de99df3af57cf6a2d23acbc90dde056aa2f557db938fa8f6638d3de939009b6a6ec69d691a18
 DIST boto3-1.40.51.gh.tar.gz 1009591 BLAKE2B 1b574f5c14eb8e8274f51764b587c8dc6cd4be95445cd5988cbfd1930ba970643653b7b2343e0c9f28c8ec906d714da662df7ed5743fc4d732e62d39f862e967 SHA512 d2564dce5a656b5f0eff78f2953c1407150e67f92fb01df0ca45f1e62ad0e343ea09fa362e64ecf688f091017ff068eb7a77d37c908d23215c61bcc28bb5cfaa
+DIST boto3-1.40.52.gh.tar.gz 1010268 BLAKE2B 83b1ca1b5b65bd8e058fea5a97dc37b6bef6a4243bf0fc2cc1c6d9be1b9808852e5b854ac902e7a97ded4a65cb25279ae43ca39c179c6552b83f859522859f80 SHA512 8e18f4c9ba9101babd0ca83a7094daa1e1302ef2e46c49d67a3b61b00f89983698a0dd2632d2d566138031cf6cbe3924202b60e5aaee4a9d48ace83fa77b8e86
diff --git a/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.52.ebuild b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.52.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90fb2a42e6e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/boto3/boto3-1.40.52.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-0.14.0[${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}
+}