diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 `hslua-cli` uses [PVP Versioning](https://pvp.haskell.org).
 
+## hslua-cli-1.3.0
+
+Released 2023-03-13.
+
+-   Require hslua-core 2.3.
+
 ## hslua-cli-1.2.0
 
 Released 2022-09-27.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Copyright © 1994-2022 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
 Copyright © 2007-2012 Gracjan Polak
 Copyright © 2012-2015 Ömer Sinan Ağacan
-Copyright © 2016-2022 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright © 2016-2023 Albert Krewinkel
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/app/hslua.hs b/app/hslua.hs
--- a/app/hslua.hs
+++ b/app/hslua.hs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications  #-}
 {- |
 Module      : Main
-Copyright   : © 2022 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : © 2022-2023 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
-Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <albert@hslua.org>
+Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@hslua.org>
 
 Re-implementation of the standard Lua interpreter.
 -}
diff --git a/hslua-cli.cabal b/hslua-cli.cabal
--- a/hslua-cli.cabal
+++ b/hslua-cli.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       2.2
 name:                hslua-cli
-version:             1.2.0
+version:             1.3.0
 synopsis:            Command-line interface for Lua
 description:         Provides an embeddable command-line interface for Lua.
                      The interface is compatible with the standard Lua
@@ -11,20 +11,19 @@
 license:             MIT
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Albert Krewinkel
-maintainer:          Albert Krewinkel <albert@hslua.org>
-copyright:           © 2022 Albert Krewinkel
+maintainer:          Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@hslua.org>
+copyright:           © 2022-2023 Albert Krewinkel
 category:            Foreign
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-doc-files:     README.md
                      CHANGELOG.md
-tested-with:         GHC == 8.0.2
-                   , GHC == 8.2.2
-                   , GHC == 8.4.4
+tested-with:         GHC == 8.4.4
                    , GHC == 8.6.5
                    , GHC == 8.8.4
                    , GHC == 8.10.7
                    , GHC == 9.0.2
-                   , GHC == 9.2.3
+                   , GHC == 9.2.5
+                   , GHC == 9.4.4
 
 source-repository head
   type:                git
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
 common common-options
   build-depends:       base              >= 4.9.1  && < 5
                      , bytestring
-                     , hslua-core        >= 2.1    && < 2.3
+                     , hslua-core        >= 2.3    && < 2.4
 
   ghc-options:         -Wall
                        -Wcompat
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   exposed-modules:     HsLua.CLI
   build-depends:       base              >= 4.9.1  && < 5
-                     , hslua-marshalling >= 2.1    && < 2.3
-                     , lua               >= 2.1    && < 2.3
+                     , hslua-marshalling >= 2.2    && < 2.4
+                     , lua               >= 2.3    && < 2.4
                      , text              >= 1.2    && < 2.1
 
 executable hslua
diff --git a/src/HsLua/CLI.hs b/src/HsLua/CLI.hs
--- a/src/HsLua/CLI.hs
+++ b/src/HsLua/CLI.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP               #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {- |
 Module      : Text.Pandoc.Lua
-Copyright   : Copyright © 2017-2022 Albert Krewinkel
+Copyright   : Copyright © 2017-2023 Albert Krewinkel
 License     : MIT
-Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <albert@hslua.org>
+Maintainer  : Albert Krewinkel <tarleb@hslua.org>
 
 Embeddable Lua interpreter interface.
 -}
@@ -23,16 +22,13 @@
 import Data.Maybe (listToMaybe)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Foreign.C.String (withCString)
-import Foreign.Ptr (nullPtr)
 import HsLua.Core (LuaE, LuaError)
 import System.Console.GetOpt
 import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
 import System.IO (hPutStrLn, stderr)
-import qualified Lua.Auxiliary as Lua
 import qualified Lua.Constants as Lua
 import qualified Lua.Primary as Lua
 import qualified HsLua.Core as Lua
-import qualified HsLua.Core.Types as Lua
 import qualified HsLua.Marshalling as Lua
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
@@ -137,18 +133,16 @@
         Lua.rawseti (Lua.nth 2) 0
     Lua.setglobal "arg"
 
-#if MIN_VERSION_lua(2,2,1)
     when (optWarnings opts) $ do
       l <- Lua.state
       -- turn warnings on
       Lua.liftIO $ withCString "@on" $ \w -> Lua.lua_warning l w Lua.FALSE
-#endif
 
     -- Run init code.
     unless (optNoEnv opts) $ do
       init' <- Lua.liftIO $ lookupEnv "LUA_INIT"
       (case init' of
-         Just ('@' : filename) -> Lua.dofileTrace filename
+         Just ('@' : filename) -> Lua.dofileTrace (Just filename)
          Just cmd              -> Lua.dostring (UTF8.fromString cmd)
          Nothing               -> return Lua.OK)
         >>= \case
@@ -159,27 +153,21 @@
     mapM_ runCode (reverse $ optExecute opts)
 
     let nargs = fromIntegral . length $ optScriptArgs opts
-    result <- case optScript opts of
-      -- `dofileTrace` should really accept a (Maybe FilePath)
-      Just script | script /= "-" -> do
-        Lua.loadfile script >>= \case
+    let handleScriptResult = \case
           Lua.OK -> do
             mapM_ Lua.pushString (optScriptArgs opts)
-            Lua.pcallTrace nargs Lua.multret
-          s      -> pure s
+            status <- Lua.pcallTrace nargs Lua.multret
+            when (status /= Lua.OK)
+              Lua.throwErrorAsException
+          _      -> Lua.throwErrorAsException
+    case optScript opts of
+      Just script | script /= "-" -> do
+        Lua.loadfile (Just script) >>= handleScriptResult
       Nothing | optVersion opts || not (null (optExecute opts)) ->
-        pure Lua.OK
+        pure ()
       _ -> do
         -- load script from stdin
-        l <- Lua.state
-        Lua.liftIO (Lua.luaL_loadfile l nullPtr) >>= \case
-          Lua.LUA_OK -> do
-            mapM_ Lua.pushString (optScriptArgs opts)
-            Lua.pcallTrace nargs Lua.multret
-          s          -> pure $ Lua.toStatus s
-
-    when (result /= Lua.OK)
-      Lua.throwErrorAsException
+        Lua.loadfile Nothing >>= handleScriptResult
 
 -- | Code to execute on startup.
 data LuaCode =