diff --git a/src/rust/src/exceptions.rs b/src/rust/src/exceptions.rs
index 67f57b9adcb5..95600faf08bd 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // 2.0, and the BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the root of this repository
 // for complete details.
 
+use pyo3::prelude::PyModuleMethods;
+
 #[pyo3::prelude::pyclass(
     frozen,
     module = "cryptography.hazmat.bindings._rust.exceptions",
@@ -23,20 +25,22 @@ pub(crate) enum Reasons {
     UNSUPPORTED_MAC,
 }
 
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, AlreadyUpdated);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, AlreadyFinalized);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, InternalError);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, InvalidSignature);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, InvalidTag);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, NotYetFinalized);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.exceptions, UnsupportedAlgorithm);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.x509, AttributeNotFound);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.x509, DuplicateExtension);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.x509, UnsupportedGeneralNameType);
-pyo3::import_exception!(cryptography.x509, InvalidVersion);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, AlreadyUpdated);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, AlreadyFinalized);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, InternalError);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, InvalidSignature);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, InvalidTag);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, NotYetFinalized);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.exceptions, UnsupportedAlgorithm);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.x509, AttributeNotFound);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.x509, DuplicateExtension);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.x509, UnsupportedGeneralNameType);
+pyo3::import_exception_bound!(cryptography.x509, InvalidVersion);
 
-pub(crate) fn create_submodule(py: pyo3::Python<'_>) -> pyo3::PyResult<&pyo3::prelude::PyModule> {
-    let submod = pyo3::prelude::PyModule::new(py, "exceptions")?;
+pub(crate) fn create_submodule(
+    py: pyo3::Python<'_>,
+) -> pyo3::PyResult<pyo3::Bound<'_, pyo3::prelude::PyModule>> {
+    let submod = pyo3::prelude::PyModule::new_bound(py, "exceptions")?;
 
     submod.add_class::<Reasons>()?;
 
diff --git a/src/rust/src/lib.rs b/src/rust/src/lib.rs
index 022c78eaf515..0e3b0a3150b7 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn _rust(py: pyo3::Python<'_>, m: &pyo3::types::PyModule) -> pyo3::PyResult<()>
     m.add_submodule(asn1::create_submodule(py)?)?;
     m.add_submodule(pkcs7::create_submodule(py)?)?;
     m.add_submodule(pkcs12::create_submodule(py)?.into_gil_ref())?;
-    m.add_submodule(exceptions::create_submodule(py)?)?;
+    m.add_submodule(exceptions::create_submodule(py)?.into_gil_ref())?;
 
     let x509_mod = pyo3::prelude::PyModule::new(py, "x509")?;
     crate::x509::certificate::add_to_module(x509_mod)?;