diff --git a/games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6.ebuild b/games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6.ebuild
rename to games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6-r1.ebuild
index aaf7e8da68..fe09bf6f8a 100644
--- a/games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6.ebuild
+++ b/games-util/bottles/bottles-66.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-64.1-dont-stub-gi.repository.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-64.1-relax-AppStream-file-validation.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-66.6-remove-Flatpak-related-checks.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-66.6-r1-use-unresolved-path-to-umu-run.patch"
 )
 
 EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
diff --git a/games-util/bottles/files/bottles-66.6-r1-use-unresolved-path-to-umu-run.patch b/games-util/bottles/files/bottles-66.6-r1-use-unresolved-path-to-umu-run.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd5a0ea644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-util/bottles/files/bottles-66.6-r1-use-unresolved-path-to-umu-run.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+From: Pavel Sobolev <contact@paveloom.dev>
+Subject: [PATCH] Use unresolved path to `umu-run`
+
+Otherwise, it will try to run `python-exec2` directly.
+
+Signed-off-by: Pavel Sobolev <contact@paveloom.dev>
+--- a/bottles/backend/umu/provider.py
++++ b/bottles/backend/umu/provider.py
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class UmuProvider:
+ 
+     def _inspect(self, path: Path, source: UmuProviderSource) -> UmuInstallation:
+         try:
+-            resolved = path.expanduser().resolve(strict=True)
++            resolved = path.expanduser().absolute()
+         except OSError as error:
+             raise UmuProviderError(f"UMU launcher does not exist: {path}") from error
+         if not resolved.is_file() or not os.access(resolved, os.X_OK):