diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 04f9a6db..0896a582 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ produce the Windows executables and installer.
   currently used version in a given branch.
 
 ---
+Release 5.9.3
+===
+This release is identical to 5.9.3, except reverts a bad change. 
+
+- REVERTS Deprecated load_module() is now retired (#1462)
+
 Release 5.9.2
 ===
 This release fixes a critical issue on clean installs which would not update the
diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index e9079c28..44c20465 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ appcmdname = 'EDMC'
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = '5.9.2'
+_static_appversion = '5.9.3'
 _cached_version: Optional[semantic_version.Version] = None
 copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2023 EDCD'
 
diff --git a/plug.py b/plug.py
index 58939e3f..fa7807f2 100644
--- a/plug.py
+++ b/plug.py
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ class Plugin(object):
             try:
                 filename = 'plugin_'
                 filename += name.encode(encoding='ascii', errors='replace').decode('utf-8').replace('.', '_')
-                spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(filename, loadfile)  # type: ignore
-                module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)  # type: ignore
-                spec.loader.exec_module(module)  # type: ignore
-                # These type-ignores will need to be looked at. MyPy is wrong.
+                module = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(
+                    filename,
+                    loadfile
+                ).load_module()
                 if getattr(module, 'plugin_start3', None):
                     newname = module.plugin_start3(os.path.dirname(loadfile))
                     self.name = newname and str(newname) or name