diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
index 3e7a1a250..6e9c6d5ba 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 = "1c27ead97";
+    public static final String gitCommitId = "a671eccbf";
 
     /**
      * 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 27 2026 20:14:07";
+    public static final String buildTimestamp = "Apr 27 2026 20:46:44";
 
     // Prevent instantiation
     private Configuration() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/SubroutineParser.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/SubroutineParser.java
index 648d72e54..505450a11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/SubroutineParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/SubroutineParser.java
@@ -258,7 +258,14 @@ && isValidIndirectMethod(subName, parser)
             if ((isPackage != null && !isPackage)
                     || (isPackage == null && !isKnownSub && token.text.equals("(") && !packageName.contains("::") && subExists)
                     || (subExists && packageName.contains("::") && token.text.equals("(")
-                        && !(isPackage != null && isPackage))) {
+                        && !(isPackage != null && isPackage))
+                    // If packageName is not a known class and the next token is itself a
+                    // bareword identifier, then `packageName` is more likely a method name
+                    // (e.g. `new`) rather than a class — and the inner `packageName IDENT`
+                    // pair is the real indirect-object call. So reject the outer form.
+                    // Example: `myfunc new Foo (4,5)` should parse as `myfunc(Foo->new(4,5))`,
+                    // NOT as `new->myfunc(Foo(4,5))`.
+                    || (isPackage == null && !isKnownSub && token.type == LexerTokenType.IDENTIFIER)) {
                 parser.tokenIndex = currentIndex2;
             } else {
                 // Not a known subroutine, check if it's valid indirect object syntax