diff --git a/circup/shared.py b/circup/shared.py
index 0b37a23..eb45430 100644
--- a/circup/shared.py
+++ b/circup/shared.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def _get_modules_file(path, logger):
 
 
 def extract_metadata(path, logger):
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-branches
     """
     Given a file path, return a dictionary containing metadata extracted from
     dunder attributes found therein. Works with both .py and .mpy files.
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ def extract_metadata(path, logger):
     :param str path: The path to the file containing the metadata.
     :return: The dunder based metadata found in the file, as a dictionary.
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     result = {}
     logger.info("%s", path)
     if path.endswith(".py"):
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ def extract_metadata(path, logger):
         dunder_key_val = r"""(__\w+__)(?:\s*:\s*\w+)?\s*=\s*(?:['"]|\(\s)(.+)['"]"""
         for match in re.findall(dunder_key_val, content):
             result[match[0]] = str(match[1])
+        if result:
+            logger.info("Extracted metadata: %s", result)
     elif path.endswith(".mpy"):
+        find_by_regexp_match = False
         result["mpy"] = True
         with open(path, "rb") as mpy_file:
             content = mpy_file.read()
@@ -104,10 +107,20 @@ def extract_metadata(path, logger):
             loc = content.find(b"__version__") - 1
             compatibility = (None, "7.0.0-alpha.1")
         elif mpy_version == b"C\x05":
-            # Two bytes in mpy version 5
+            # Two bytes for the length of "__version__" in mpy version 5
             loc = content.find(b"__version__") - 2
-            compatibility = ("7.0.0-alpha.1", None)
-        if loc > -1:
+            compatibility = ("7.0.0-alpha.1", "8.99.99")
+        elif mpy_version == b"C\x06":
+            # Two bytes in mpy version 6
+            find_by_regexp_match = True
+            compatibility = ("9.0.0-alpha.1", None)
+        if find_by_regexp_match:
+            # Too hard to find the version positionally.
+            # Find the first thing that looks like an x.y.z version number.
+            match = re.search(rb"([\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+)\x00", content)
+            if match:
+                result["__version__"] = match.group(1).decode("utf-8")
+        elif loc > -1:
             # Backtrack until a byte value of the offset is reached.
             offset = 1
             while offset < loc:
@@ -128,7 +141,4 @@ def extract_metadata(path, logger):
         else:
             # not a valid MPY file
             result["__version__"] = BAD_FILE_FORMAT
-
-    if result:
-        logger.info("Extracted metadata: %s", result)
     return result