diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
index 74bebc7a5..7cf7384ed 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 = "4623fa856";
+    public static final String gitCommitId = "6f96f1c74";
 
     /**
      * 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 24 2026 13:01:40";
+    public static final String buildTimestamp = "Apr 24 2026 13:47:17";
 
     // Prevent instantiation
     private Configuration() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/StatementParser.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/StatementParser.java
index 60ddc0cd6..d4587d620 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/StatementParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/StatementParser.java
@@ -743,6 +743,29 @@ public static Node parseUseDeclaration(Parser parser, LexerToken token) {
                 // call Module->import( LIST )
                 // or Module->unimport( LIST )
 
+                // Before executing the argument list, process any pending heredocs.
+                // This handles cases like: use constant FOO => <<'EOT'; ... \n heredoc content \n EOT
+                // The heredoc content comes after the newline that follows the ';', but the
+                // BEGIN-equivalent evaluation of the import list happens immediately, so we
+                // must fill in heredoc bodies before the list is compiled and executed.
+                if (!parser.getHeredocNodes().isEmpty()) {
+                    int savedIndex = parser.tokenIndex;
+                    int newlineIndex = -1;
+                    for (int i = savedIndex; i < parser.tokens.size(); i++) {
+                        if (parser.tokens.get(i).type == LexerTokenType.NEWLINE) {
+                            newlineIndex = i;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (newlineIndex >= 0) {
+                        parser.tokenIndex = newlineIndex;
+                        ParseHeredoc.parseHeredocAfterNewline(parser);
+                        parser.heredocSkipToIndex = parser.tokenIndex;
+                        parser.heredocNewlineIndex = newlineIndex;
+                        parser.tokenIndex = savedIndex;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Execute the argument list immediately in LIST context
                 // This is necessary for expressions like: use lib ($path =~ /^(.*)$/);
                 // where the regex match must return captured groups, not just success/failure