diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3f9f8e91..918c457e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
         architecture: [x64, x86]
         python-version:
           - '3.9'
-          - '3.10'
+          - '3.12'
         julia-version:
           - '1.4'
-          - '1.6'
           - '1.7'
           - '1.8'
+          - '1.9'
         exclude:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             architecture: x86
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a1870e7..3208dae2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def pyload(path):
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
       ],
       url='http://julialang.org',
       project_urls={
diff --git a/src/julia/core.py b/src/julia/core.py
index 183298c4..5120b28f 100644
--- a/src/julia/core.py
+++ b/src/julia/core.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import textwrap
 import warnings
 from ctypes import c_char_p, c_void_p
+from importlib.abc import Loader, MetaPathFinder
+from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
 from logging import getLogger  # see `.logger`
 from types import ModuleType  # this is python 3.3 specific
 
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ def __try_getattr(self, name):
         if self._julia.isamodule(jl_fullname):
             realname = self._julia.fullname(self._julia.eval(jl_fullname))
             if self._julia.isdefined(realname):
-                return self.__loader__.load_module("julia." + realname)
+                return self.__loader__.create_module(_find_spec_from_fullname("julia." + realname))
             # Otherwise, it may be, e.g., "Main.anonymous", created by
             # Module().
 
@@ -220,27 +222,31 @@ def __setattr__(self, name, value):
 
 
 # add custom import behavior for the julia "module"
-class JuliaImporter(object):
+class JuliaImporter(MetaPathFinder):
 
-    # find_module was deprecated in v3.4
-    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
-        if fullname.startswith("julia."):
-            filename = fullname.split(".", 2)[1]
-            filepath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
-            if os.path.isfile(filepath + ".py") or os.path.isdir(filepath):
-                return
-            return JuliaModuleLoader()
+    def find_spec(self, fullname, path=None, target=None):
+        return _find_spec_from_fullname(fullname)
 
 
-class JuliaModuleLoader(object):
+def _find_spec_from_fullname(fullname):
+    if fullname.startswith("julia."):
+        filename = fullname.split(".", 2)[1]
+        filepath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
+        if os.path.isfile(filepath + ".py") or os.path.isdir(filepath):
+            return
+        return ModuleSpec(fullname, JuliaModuleLoader(), origin=filepath)
 
+class JuliaModuleLoader(Loader):
     @property
     def julia(self):
         self.__class__.julia = julia = Julia()
         return julia
 
-    # load module was deprecated in v3.4
-    def load_module(self, fullname):
+    def exec_module(self, module):
+        pass
+
+    def create_module(self, spec):
+        fullname = spec.name
         juliapath = remove_prefix(fullname, "julia.")
         if juliapath == 'Main':
             return sys.modules.setdefault(fullname,
diff --git a/src/julia/release.py b/src/julia/release.py
index b91b9912..85a16f2c 100644
--- a/src/julia/release.py
+++ b/src/julia/release.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is executed via setup.py and imported via __init__.py
 
-__version__ = "0.6.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.2"
 # For Python versioning scheme, see:
 # https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/#version-scheme