diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 08d743c24e..2c872ed46f 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ packages:
          ./hls-test-utils
 
 
-index-state:  2024-10-21T00:00:00Z
+index-state:  2024-11-02T00:00:00Z
 
 tests: True
 test-show-details: direct
diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/GHC/Compat/Core.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/GHC/Compat/Core.hs
index c6d4bc84bc..301aa980bd 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/GHC/Compat/Core.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/GHC/Compat/Core.hs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ initObjLinker env =
 loadDLL :: HscEnv -> String -> IO (Maybe String)
 loadDLL env str = do
     res <- GHCi.loadDLL (GHCi.hscInterp env) str
-#if MIN_VERSION_ghc(9,11,0)
+#if MIN_VERSION_ghc(9,11,0) || (MIN_VERSION_ghc(9, 8, 3) && !MIN_VERSION_ghc(9, 9, 0))
     pure $
       case res of
         Left err_msg -> Just err_msg