diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
index d71db60ec..c2d338cba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class Configuration {
      * Automatically populated by Gradle/Maven during build.
      * DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY - this value is replaced at build time.
      */
-    public static final String gitCommitId = "7f674c424";
+    public static final String gitCommitId = "63c473e40";
 
     /**
      * Git commit date of the build (ISO format: YYYY-MM-DD).
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class Configuration {
      * Parsed by App::perlbrew and other tools via: perl -V | grep "Compiled at"
      * DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY - this value is replaced at build time.
      */
-    public static final String buildTimestamp = "Apr 12 2026 19:31:33";
+    public static final String buildTimestamp = "Apr 12 2026 20:39:23";
 
     // Prevent instantiation
     private Configuration() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/perlmodule/DynaLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/perlmodule/DynaLoader.java
index 56e76a88a..ebe20deda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/perlmodule/DynaLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/perlmodule/DynaLoader.java
@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ public static RuntimeList bootstrap(RuntimeArray args, int ctx) {
             ).getList();
         }
 
-        String module = args.getFirst().toString();
-        return WarnDie.die(
-                new RuntimeScalar("Can't load module " + module),
-                new RuntimeScalar("\n")
-        ).getList();
+        // Delegate to XSLoader::load() which has a multi-stage fallback:
+        //   1. Java XS class found       → initialize and return true
+        //   2. @ISA has functional parent → return true (inheritance fallback)
+        //   3. ::PP companion loaded      → return true
+        //   4. die with "Can't load loadable object..." (matches /loadable object/
+        //      pattern that CPAN modules use to detect XS failure and fall back)
+        //
+        // This makes DynaLoader-based modules (Image::Magick, Tk, etc.)
+        // behave the same as XSLoader-based modules in PerlOnJava.
+        return XSLoader.load(args, ctx);
     }
 
     public static RuntimeList boot_DynaLoader(RuntimeArray args, int ctx) {
diff --git a/src/main/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm b/src/main/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm
index b65d46e41..86018865b 100644
--- a/src/main/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm
+++ b/src/main/perl/lib/DynaLoader.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ BEGIN {
         *bootstrap = sub {
             my ($module) = @_;
             $module = caller() unless defined $module;
-            die "Can't load module $module\n";
+            # Delegate to XSLoader::load for its multi-stage fallback
+            require XSLoader;
+            return XSLoader::load($module);
         };
     }