diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index b86a669d2..71a10467d 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Unreleased
 
 Bug Fixes
 ------------------------------
+* Fixed a crash on Python 3.12.6.
 * Keyword objects can now be compared to each other with `<` etc.
 
 0.29.0 (released 2024-05-20)
diff --git a/hy/compat.py b/hy/compat.py
index f81ca7191..a77f4834d 100644
--- a/hy/compat.py
+++ b/hy/compat.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 PY3_10 = sys.version_info >= (3, 10)
 PY3_11 = sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
 PY3_12 = sys.version_info >= (3, 12)
+PY3_12_6 = sys.version_info >= (3, 12, 6)
 PYPY = platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy"
 PYODIDE = platform.system() == "Emscripten"
 
diff --git a/hy/importer.py b/hy/importer.py
index 554281e14..463df6870 100644
--- a/hy/importer.py
+++ b/hy/importer.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _get_code_from_file(run_name, fname=None, hy_src_check=lambda x: x.endswith(
                 source = f.read().decode("utf-8")
             code = compile(source, fname, "exec")
 
-    return (code, fname)
+    return code if hy.compat.PY3_12_6 else (code, fname)
 
 
 importlib.machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES.insert(0, ".hy")