diff --git a/src/dict.cpp b/src/dict.cpp
index 77d840d4..296bc21e 100644
--- a/src/dict.cpp
+++ b/src/dict.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,16 @@ object dict_base::get(object_cref k) const
 {
     if (check_exact(this))
     {
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
+        PyObject* result;
+        if (PyDict_GetItemRef(this->ptr(),k.ptr(),&result) < 0) {
+            throw_error_already_set();
+        }
+        return object(detail::new_reference(result ? result : Py_None));
+#else
         PyObject* result = PyDict_GetItem(this->ptr(),k.ptr());
         return object(detail::borrowed_reference(result ? result : Py_None));
+#endif
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/object/function_doc_signature.cpp b/src/object/function_doc_signature.cpp
index 18d45869..76b620dc 100644
--- a/src/object/function_doc_signature.cpp
+++ b/src/object/function_doc_signature.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@ namespace boost { namespace python { namespace objects {
             str name(get_qualname(py_type));
             if ( py_type->tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE ) {
                 // Qualify the type name if it is defined in a different module.
-                PyObject *type_module_name = PyDict_GetItemString(py_type->tp_dict, "__module__");
+                PyObject *type_module_name;
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x030D0000
+                if (PyDict_GetItemStringRef(py_type->tp_dict, "__module__", &type_module_name) < 0) {
+                    throw_error_already_set();
+                }
+#else
+                type_module_name = PyDict_GetItemString(py_type->tp_dict, "__module__");
+                Py_XINCREF(type_module_name);
+#endif
                 if (
                     type_module_name
                     && PyObject_RichCompareBool(
@@ -144,8 +152,11 @@ namespace boost { namespace python { namespace objects {
                         Py_NE
                     ) != 0
                 ) {
-                    return str("%s.%s" % make_tuple(handle<>(borrowed(type_module_name)), name));
+                    str result = str("%s.%s" % make_tuple(handle<>(type_module_name), name));
+                    return result;
                 }
+                // Clean up the strong reference if we didn't use it
+                Py_XDECREF(type_module_name);
             }
             return name;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/wrapper.cpp b/src/wrapper.cpp
index 8b1b8847..2b053d83 100644
--- a/src/wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapper.cpp
@@ -21,20 +21,28 @@ namespace detail
                           this->m_self, const_cast<char*>(name))))
           )
           {
-              PyObject* borrowed_f = 0;
-            
+              PyObject* class_f = 0;
+
               if (
                   PyMethod_Check(m.get())
                   && PyMethod_GET_SELF(m.get()) == this->m_self
                   && class_object->tp_dict != 0
               )
               {
-                  borrowed_f = ::PyDict_GetItemString(
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x030D0000
+                  if (::PyDict_GetItemStringRef(
+                      class_object->tp_dict, const_cast<char*>(name), &class_f) < 0) {
+                      throw_error_already_set();
+                  }
+#else
+                  class_f = ::PyDict_GetItemString(
                       class_object->tp_dict, const_cast<char*>(name));
-
-
+                  Py_XINCREF(class_f);
+#endif
               }
-              if (borrowed_f != PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION(m.get()))
+              bool is_override = (class_f != PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION(m.get()));
+              Py_XDECREF(class_f);
+              if (is_override)
                   return override(m);
           }
       }