diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 74a1a5ad..a6d0a9ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ jobs:
         julia-version:
           - '1.10' # current LTS
           - '1.11' # current stable
+
           #
           # 'pre' will install the latest prerelease build (RCs, betas, and alphas).
           # Uncomment this line when there is an active prerelease available.
           # Comment this line out when there is no prerelease available (to save CI time).
-          # - 'pre'
+          - 'pre'
           #
           # Note: we have a separate workflow (.github/workflows/ci.nightly.yml)
           # for Julia nightly.
diff --git a/src/embedding_wrapper.c b/src/embedding_wrapper.c
index 3080ee81..e74dbe2f 100644
--- a/src/embedding_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/embedding_wrapper.c
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     jl_value_t *firstarg = checked_eval_string("popfirst!(ARGS)");
     JL_GC_PUSH1(&firstarg);
     jl_sym_t *var = jl_symbol("PROGRAM_FILE");
-#if JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && JULIA_VERSION_MINOR >= 11
+#if JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && JULIA_VERSION_MINOR >= 12
+    jl_binding_t *bp = jl_get_binding_wr(jl_base_module, var);
+    jl_checked_assignment(bp, jl_base_module, var, firstarg);
+#elif JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && JULIA_VERSION_MINOR >= 11
     jl_binding_t *bp = jl_get_binding_wr(jl_base_module, var, /* alloc */ 1);
     jl_checked_assignment(bp, jl_base_module, var, firstarg);
 #elif JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && JULIA_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
diff --git a/src/julia_init.c b/src/julia_init.c
index d35761fe..d598f90b 100644
--- a/src/julia_init.c
+++ b/src/julia_init.c
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ void init_julia(int argc, char **argv) {
     char *root_dir = dirname(dirname(_sysimage_path));
     set_depot_load_path(root_dir);
     free(_sysimage_path);
-
     jl_options.image_file = sysimage_path;
+#if JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && JULIA_VERSION_MINOR <= 11
     julia_init(JL_IMAGE_CWD);
+#else
+    jl_init_with_image_file(NULL, sysimage_path);
+#endif
 }
 
 void shutdown_julia(int retcode) { jl_atexit_hook(retcode); }
diff --git a/src/library_selection.jl b/src/library_selection.jl
index 54b1df3d..bb989608 100644
--- a/src/library_selection.jl
+++ b/src/library_selection.jl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const jll_mapping = Dict(
     "nghttp2_jll" => ["libnghttp2"],
     "LibGit2_jll" => ["libgit2"],
     "SuiteSparse_jll" => ["libamd", "libbtf", "libcamd", "libccolamd", "libcholmod", "libcolamd", "libklu", "libldl", "librbio", "libspqr", "libsuitesparseconfig", "libumfpack"],
+    "OpenSSL_jll" => ["libcrypto", "libssl"],
 )
 
 # Manually fixup of libLLVM