diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29927bde..853cdf9e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "mkdocstrings>=0.20",
-    "griffe>=0.35",
+    "griffe>=0.37",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
index 169546fd..6fc2804f 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ def collect(self, identifier: str, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> CollectorItem:
             try:
                 for pre_loaded_module in final_config.get("preload_modules") or []:
                     if pre_loaded_module not in self._modules_collection:
-                        loader.load_module(pre_loaded_module)
-                loader.load_module(module_name)
+                        loader.load(pre_loaded_module)
+                loader.load(module_name)
             except ImportError as error:
                 raise CollectionError(str(error)) from error
             unresolved, iterations = loader.resolve_aliases(