From c35196cf1e169b6ca5eb4247b1d562a99a649794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 23:56:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gh-109653: Reduce the import time of `random` by 60%
 (#110221)

---
 Lib/random.py                                                   | 2 +-
 .../next/Library/2023-10-02-15-40-10.gh-issue-109653.iB0peK.rst | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-02-15-40-10.gh-issue-109653.iB0peK.rst

diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 1d789b107904fb9..1cfc2ba2f025b5d 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 try:
     # hashlib is pretty heavy to load, try lean internal module first
-    from _sha512 import sha512 as _sha512
+    from _sha2 import sha512 as _sha512
 except ImportError:
     # fallback to official implementation
     from hashlib import sha512 as _sha512
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-02-15-40-10.gh-issue-109653.iB0peK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-02-15-40-10.gh-issue-109653.iB0peK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..54330976d71dc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-10-02-15-40-10.gh-issue-109653.iB0peK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a Python 3.12 regression in the import time of :mod:`random`. Patch by Alex
+Waygood.