diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8
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index 00000000..775dc4b2
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8
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+prefer_openssl3
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+export PYTHON_BUILD_TCLTK_USE_PKGCONFIG=1
+install_package "openssl-3.6.0" "https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-3.6.0/openssl-3.6.0.tar.gz#b6a5f44b7eb69e3fa35dbf15524405b44837a481d43d81daddde3ff21fcbb8e9" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.3" "https://mirror.cs.odu.edu/gnu/readline/readline-8.3.tar.gz#fe5383204467828cd495ee8d1d3c037a7eba1389c22bc6a041f627976f9061cc" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+    install_package "Python-3.13.8" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.8/Python-3.13.8.tar.xz#b9910730526b298299b46b35595ced9055722df60c06ad6301f6a4e2c728a252" standard verify_py313 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+    install_package "Python-3.13.8" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.8/Python-3.13.8.tgz#06108fe96f4089b7d9e0096cb4ca9c81ddcd5135f779a7de94cf59abcaa4b53f" standard verify_py313 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8t b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8t
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.8t
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+export PYTHON_BUILD_FREE_THREADING=1
+source "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%t}"