diff -r 7aafcc60b4f5 passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py
--- a/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py	Thu Oct 08 15:01:32 2020 -0400
+++ b/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py	Wed Oct 01 09:04:12 2025 +0200
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@
             NOTE: if in future we need to deliberately create hashes which have this bug,
                   can use something like 'hashpw(repeat_string(secret[:((1+secret) % 256) or 1]), 72)'
             """
+            return False
+
             # check if it exhibits wraparound bug
             secret = (b"0123456789"*26)[:255]
             bug_hash = ident.encode("ascii") + b"04$R1lJ2gkNaoPGdafE.H.16.nVyh2niHsGJhayOHLMiXlI45o8/DU.6"
@@ -609,7 +611,7 @@
         except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
             return False
         try:
-            version = _bcrypt.__about__.__version__
+            version = _bcrypt.__version__
         except:
             log.warning("(trapped) error reading bcrypt version", exc_info=True)
             version = '<unknown>'