diff --git a/doc/importing.md b/doc/importing.md
index 0b00f6a5..3247a9a8 100644
--- a/doc/importing.md
+++ b/doc/importing.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ package by name:
 import gi, { registerClass } from 'node-gtk'
 ```
 
-The `gi:` hooks require **Node ≥ 20.6** (for `module.register`).
+The `gi:` hooks require **Node ≥ 22.15** (for `module.registerHooks`).
 
 ### The loop integration starts automatically
 
diff --git a/lib/esm/hooks.mjs b/lib/esm/hooks.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ddbe77..00000000
--- a/lib/esm/hooks.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hooks.mjs — Node.js ESM module-customization hooks for the `gi:` scheme.
- *
- * Enables `import Gtk from 'gi:Gtk-4.0'`, where the default export is the
- * namespace object returned by node-gtk's `gi.require('Gtk', '4.0')`. Members are
- * read off that object: `const { Box, Label } = Gtk`.
- *
- * Install them with `node --import node-gtk/register app.mjs` (see register.mjs).
- *
- * The hooks run on a separate loader thread, so they do NO native work: `load`
- * only emits a tiny synthetic ES module whose body calls `gi.require` on the
- * main thread when the module is evaluated. Requires Node >= 20.6 (module.register).
- */
-
-const PREFIX = 'gi:'
-
-/* Absolute file:// URL to lib/index.js, embedded into the generated source. The
- * synthetic module's parent URL is the schemeless `gi:` URL, which has no
- * filesystem base, so a bare `import 'node-gtk'` could not be resolved from it —
- * the absolute URL sidesteps resolution entirely. */
-const INDEX_URL = new URL('../index.js', import.meta.url).href
-
-export async function resolve(specifier, context, nextResolve) {
-  if (specifier.startsWith(PREFIX))
-    return { url: specifier, shortCircuit: true }
-  return nextResolve(specifier, context)
-}
-
-export async function load(url, context, nextLoad) {
-  if (!url.startsWith(PREFIX))
-    return nextLoad(url, context)
-
-  // `gi:Gtk-4.0` -> ('Gtk', '4.0'); `gi:Adw-1` -> ('Adw', '1'); `gi:cairo` -> ('cairo', null).
-  // Split on the first '-' only: GI namespace names never contain '-', versions may.
-  const spec = url.slice(PREFIX.length)
-  const dash = spec.indexOf('-')
-  const name = dash === -1 ? spec : spec.slice(0, dash)
-  const version = dash === -1 ? null : spec.slice(dash + 1)
-
-  const call = version === null
-    ? `gi.require(${JSON.stringify(name)})`
-    : `gi.require(${JSON.stringify(name)}, ${JSON.stringify(version)})`
-
-  const source =
-    `import gi from ${JSON.stringify(INDEX_URL)};\n` +
-    `export default ${call};\n`
-
-  return { format: 'module', shortCircuit: true, source }
-}
diff --git a/lib/esm/register.mjs b/lib/esm/register.mjs
index 2ff5b0c9..51a4b0f9 100644
--- a/lib/esm/register.mjs
+++ b/lib/esm/register.mjs
@@ -4,14 +4,58 @@
  * Usage:  node --import node-gtk/register app.mjs
  *
  * Then, in app.mjs:
- *     import Gtk from 'gi:Gtk-4.0'
+ *     import Gtk from 'gi:Gtk-4.0'   // `gi:Name-Version`, or `gi:Name` for the latest
  *     const { Box, Label } = Gtk
  *
+ * `import Gtk from 'gi:Gtk-4.0'` is equivalent to `gi.require('Gtk', '4.0')`: the
+ * default export is the namespace object, so read members off it.
+ *
+ * The hooks are synchronous and run in-thread (module.registerHooks), so they must
+ * not return promises. `load` does no native work itself: it emits a tiny synthetic
+ * ES module whose body calls `gi.require` when that module is evaluated. Requires
+ * Node >= 22.15 (module.registerHooks).
+ *
  * Note: hooks only affect imports evaluated *after* registration. To use a static
  * `import ... from 'gi:...'` in your entry module, register via the `--import`
  * flag above (not a programmatic `import 'node-gtk/register'` in that same file).
  */
 
-import { register } from 'node:module'
+import { registerHooks } from 'node:module'
+
+const PREFIX = 'gi:'
+
+/* Absolute file:// URL to lib/index.js, embedded into the generated source. The
+ * synthetic module's parent URL is the schemeless `gi:` URL, which has no
+ * filesystem base, so a bare `import 'node-gtk'` could not be resolved from it —
+ * the absolute URL sidesteps resolution entirely. */
+const INDEX_URL = new URL('../index.js', import.meta.url).href
+
+function resolve(specifier, context, nextResolve) {
+  if (specifier.startsWith(PREFIX))
+    return { url: specifier, shortCircuit: true }
+  return nextResolve(specifier, context)
+}
+
+function load(url, context, nextLoad) {
+  if (!url.startsWith(PREFIX))
+    return nextLoad(url, context)
+
+  // `gi:Gtk-4.0` -> ('Gtk', '4.0'); `gi:Adw-1` -> ('Adw', '1'); `gi:cairo` -> ('cairo', null).
+  // Split on the first '-' only: GI namespace names never contain '-', versions may.
+  const spec = url.slice(PREFIX.length)
+  const dash = spec.indexOf('-')
+  const name = dash === -1 ? spec : spec.slice(0, dash)
+  const version = dash === -1 ? null : spec.slice(dash + 1)
+
+  const call = version === null
+    ? `gi.require(${JSON.stringify(name)})`
+    : `gi.require(${JSON.stringify(name)}, ${JSON.stringify(version)})`
+
+  const source =
+    `import gi from ${JSON.stringify(INDEX_URL)};\n` +
+    `export default ${call};\n`
+
+  return { format: 'module', shortCircuit: true, source }
+}
 
-register(new URL('./hooks.mjs', import.meta.url))
+registerHooks({ resolve, load })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9433ef72..1f2f6421 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       "require": "./lib/index.js"
     },
     "./register": "./lib/esm/register.mjs",
-    "./hooks": "./lib/esm/hooks.mjs",
     "./styles": {
       "types": "./lib/styles.d.ts",
       "default": "./lib/styles.js"