diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
index a4b21c1d9aa8e..c1224a7d87aef 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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 DIST botocore-1.29.37.gh.tar.gz 11077206 BLAKE2B 59c877edba074d4d5858dbf0a4026c0884cc4fce5bc2c9a7d933cfbff8317825663955205ebc754f8a4713b817b7d775fe208d6946f788a1943989949da58a04 SHA512 e79447fe66a506326c5f6396a32b5f4f6560038c57ab03457c36c838f52c1e48a94cba7624350a738eb937d0f3954984b77fd97ffb4becfa72cc4c61005efd40
 DIST botocore-1.29.41.gh.tar.gz 11082628 BLAKE2B a42a66299715159e82bb7bd9ceb5d1d60e88bfe2f59f66231605c909b03110ec18e6f946690c5b33e662fc92719e45fa4cf64ac31176d809908f3574fece5d49 SHA512 b3a5409f3d868c93fd038687d8c864be3c9cacbf4740ba0dd745358cadcce9aa8d76616d7f93316ac14f5f94f18ed42505ec108e2557b234b26c01ca0f3fc22c
+DIST botocore-1.29.42.gh.tar.gz 11083372 BLAKE2B 8abca30fbd4bb55d8a0beccc6e81d3da60086230cf55a7ed384491e4bccaf2c5791fccc700ccc737b04b09bdfca4fa4feb3cddb7d0a72c37dccd71d4f6979901 SHA512 56c8859012dcdbf73c2417fc6feb32bf212e07fba5702a51bfb9bbcd446a3a34493a5a9e50369fb223f06c2afa9541eb584252391b09d667a9d13bfda32dfac5
diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.29.42.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.29.42.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f4daaa48e810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.29.42.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 multiprocessing
+
+DESCRIPTION="Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/boto/botocore/
+	https://pypi.org/project/botocore/
+"
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == "9999" ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/boto/botocore"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/boto/botocore/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+			-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+	"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+fi
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/jmespath-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-dateutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/urllib3-1.25.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/jsonschema[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-xdist[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs/source \
+	'dev-python/guzzle_sphinx_theme'
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# unpin deps
+	sed -i -e "s:>=.*':':" setup.py || die
+
+	# unbundle deps
+	rm -r botocore/vendored || die
+	find -name '*.py' -exec sed -i \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored import:import:' \
+		-e 's:from botocore[.]vendored[.]:from :' \
+		{} + || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# rely on bundled six
+		tests/functional/test_six_imports.py::test_no_bare_six_imports
+		tests/functional/test_six_threading.py::test_six_thread_safety
+		# fails on unrelated warnings
+		tests/unit/test_client.py::TestAutoGeneratedClient::test_BOTO_DISABLE_COMMONNAME
+		tests/unit/test_client.py::TestClientErrors::test_BOTO_DISABLE_COMMONNAME
+		# TODO
+		tests/functional/test_credentials.py::SSOSessionTest::test_token_chosen_from_provider
+	)
+
+	epytest tests/{functional,unit} -n "$(makeopts_jobs)"
+}