diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index 80b39dfe9f5b..6a63e2c5a224 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DIST botocore-1.40.59.gh.tar.gz 15284317 BLAKE2B f0e5b5ac06292c003ac6dcf0d8b4098
 DIST botocore-1.40.64.gh.tar.gz 15230274 BLAKE2B 6156b2d80f6aee5df0d746bf3a2fe1bda6cee3435612d3db12a8134b9fdfa7a6c250752dadb562d1c804052ea6c775f802067d611ba1fb597e9d90439e219b64 SHA512 a8c7793146d25ae5cabe12fa5a65e8195f35029dd2f0dd9a6d012b8abfe41e1871808e1dd3d550ac153ce323c15c398b35a535780c5e143bbe5645b5eeb8c620
 DIST botocore-1.40.69.gh.tar.gz 15265787 BLAKE2B c567c9d2cd25d98e7055b829ca337654f3c2f239296e32735d8064dc698a4fee41464a0ca22453f93feea7a9d6eb58183406780c56bab345521420c7177681a9 SHA512 2c76026a2b5114fbc4d8be54cf67ade64f3a563f8b50e83bdfc1f238f220a94acb1ca1aa607ce4934a8e2b58ebfa2c4b07892b693ad80d539188352a3ffa1f75
 DIST botocore-1.40.70.gh.tar.gz 15269974 BLAKE2B 8027b9c8439796ae28768ca127c7ea239afe70dda0f048715b933fb35552f00fbcd5c87599cf673cd9ebb260a9254bb18fe59cb4787e3e0b4198660140580c35 SHA512 e36fa0f865f119723a5fc2a3884035af5a2be7a499e4cc442fc060bab6bd8fc4382fef7144fbbc1fe2d5a9b6bad29fe1baf65c89e98f21eb58f5154809748db6
+DIST botocore-1.40.71.gh.tar.gz 15272822 BLAKE2B 0637e4bea27fdf3236f174b2873c477bdd173da65c3d24b09d70ed98359b213494bb940ef26cede57009443a00987199dc05dd99109416c3cbeee402bf62ded6 SHA512 7d717f5655004de89f3c3e9415ff64d68315f33598f8b89441c8e3e0e4a59512b2a23e16ce0c5200268aee5b7c67e43688a483cad852d5cb0b497e8abee36bd7
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.71.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.71.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a931fcaefec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.40.71.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}
+}