diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6bf4fd8..6f3c021 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ jobs:
         run: php -d zend.assertions=1 -d assert.exception=1 tests/php-test.php
       - name: Test Node.js example
         run: node tests/node-test.mjs
+      - name: Test Python example
+        run: python3 tests/python-test.py
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9c6208..88ddf26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this repository will be documented here.
 - detailed idempotency guidance for `X-GitHub-Delivery`, including claim/process/complete-fail flow, leases, retries and failure windows.
 - webhook receiver threat model covering trust boundaries, replay, business authorization, resource exhaustion, secret handling, logging, least privilege and incident response.
 - PHP and Node.js regression coverage for empty secrets, wrong signature algorithms and malformed SHA-256 signature headers.
+- Python HMAC SHA-256 example and regression tests using GitHub's public webhook validation vector.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4fdb4b..62ef308 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Guia prático para receber webhooks do GitHub sem confiar cegamente no payload recebido.
 
-Os exemplos mostram como validar `X-Hub-Signature-256` em PHP e Node.js usando comparação em tempo constante. O material é independente de framework e não contém código de nenhum produto comercial.
+Os exemplos mostram como validar `X-Hub-Signature-256` em PHP, Node.js e Python usando comparação em tempo constante. O material é independente de framework e não contém código de nenhum produto comercial.
 
 ## Checklist mínimo
 
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ O [threat model](docs/threat-model.md) cobre:
 |---|---|---|
 | PHP 8+ | [`examples/php/verify.php`](examples/php/verify.php) | `php tests/php-test.php` |
 | Node.js 20+ | [`examples/node/verify.mjs`](examples/node/verify.mjs) | `node tests/node-test.mjs` |
+| Python 3.10+ | [`examples/python/verify.py`](examples/python/verify.py) | `python3 tests/python-test.py` |
 
-Os exemplos recebem três valores: corpo bruto, header de assinatura e secret compartilhado.
+Os exemplos recebem três valores: corpo bruto, header de assinatura e secret compartilhado. No exemplo Python, passe o corpo bruto da requisição como `bytes`, sem decodificar ou reserializar o JSON antes da validação.
 
 ## Validação local
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ A suíte pode ser executada sem GitHub Actions:
 ```bash
 php tests/php-test.php
 node tests/node-test.mjs
+python3 tests/python-test.py
 ```
 
 O workflow de teste permanece disponível em modo manual. A manutenção normal prioriza execução local para evitar consumo desnecessário de CI.
diff --git a/examples/python/verify.py b/examples/python/verify.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb0882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/python/verify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import re
+
+_SIGNATURE_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^sha256=[0-9a-f]{64}$")
+
+
+def verify_github_webhook(
+    payload: bytes,
+    signature_header: str | None,
+    secret: str,
+) -> bool:
+    """Verify a GitHub X-Hub-Signature-256 value against the raw request body."""
+    if (
+        not secret
+        or signature_header is None
+        or not _SIGNATURE_PATTERN.fullmatch(signature_header)
+    ):
+        return False
+
+    expected = "sha256=" + hmac.new(
+        secret.encode("utf-8"),
+        payload,
+        hashlib.sha256,
+    ).hexdigest()
+
+    return hmac.compare_digest(expected, signature_header)
diff --git a/tests/python-test.py b/tests/python-test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb10a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python-test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+from pathlib import Path
+import unittest
+
+MODULE_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "examples" / "python" / "verify.py"
+SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("github_webhook_verify", MODULE_PATH)
+assert SPEC is not None and SPEC.loader is not None
+MODULE = importlib.util.module_from_spec(SPEC)
+SPEC.loader.exec_module(MODULE)
+verify_github_webhook = MODULE.verify_github_webhook
+
+
+class VerifyGitHubWebhookTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.secret = "It's a Secret to Everybody"
+        self.payload = b"Hello, World!"
+        self.signature = (
+            "sha256=757107ea0eb2509fc211221cce984b8a37570b6d7586c22c46f4379c8b043e17"
+        )
+
+    def test_accepts_github_documentation_vector(self) -> None:
+        self.assertTrue(
+            verify_github_webhook(self.payload, self.signature, self.secret)
+        )
+
+    def test_rejects_wrong_secret(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(
+            verify_github_webhook(self.payload, self.signature, "wrong-secret")
+        )
+
+    def test_rejects_tampered_payload(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(
+            verify_github_webhook(
+                self.payload + b"tampered",
+                self.signature,
+                self.secret,
+            )
+        )
+
+    def test_rejects_missing_or_malformed_signatures(self) -> None:
+        invalid_signatures = (
+            None,
+            "",
+            "sha1=" + "a" * 40,
+            "sha256=not-hex",
+            "sha256=" + "A" * 64,
+            "sha256=" + "a" * 63,
+        )
+
+        for signature in invalid_signatures:
+            with self.subTest(signature=signature):
+                self.assertFalse(
+                    verify_github_webhook(self.payload, signature, self.secret)
+                )
+
+    def test_rejects_empty_secret(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(verify_github_webhook(self.payload, self.signature, ""))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()