diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b210430e8..e81ed07df 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ updates:
       # see knowledge/runtimes/python-builtin.md § Upgrade blocker.
       - dependency-name: "monty"
       - dependency-name: "monty-types"
+      # The python `re` gate parses user code with the same ruff parser Monty
+      # 0.0.19 bundles. A standalone bump would let the gate's grammar drift
+      # from the executor's, and code the gate fails to parse is passed
+      # through. Move these only together with monty.
+      - dependency-name: "ruff_python_parser"
+      - dependency-name: "ruff_python_ast"
 
       # wasmtime is pinned exactly (=48.0.6): the `cpython` feature embeds a
       # module precompiled by build.rs, and a precompiled module loads only
diff --git a/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/python.rs b/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/python.rs
index dca56fdc2..8c4e5293a 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/python.rs
+++ b/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/python.rs
@@ -389,8 +389,9 @@ impl Default for Python {
 // statement that puts the import after a prefix. Monty 0.0.19 has no import
 // hook, so bashkit parses with the same parser Monty runs first
 // (`ruff_python_parser::parse_module`) and walks every statement body.
-// Monty has no `__import__` or `importlib`, so only `import` / `from` statements
-// can load a module. Code that fails to parse is let through: Monty parses it
+// Monty has no `__import__`, `importlib`, `exec`, `eval` or `compile`, so only
+// `import` / `from` statements can load a module; the tripwire for that is
+// `test_re_module_dynamic_import_is_unavailable`. Code that fails to parse is let through: Monty parses it
 // the same way, reports the SyntaxError and runs nothing.
 fn is_disabled_import(code: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
     use ruff_python_ast::statement_visitor::{StatementVisitor, walk_stmt};
@@ -553,6 +554,10 @@ impl Builtin for Python {
             ));
         };
 
+        // Charge the source before the import gate parses it, so untrusted
+        // input is accounted for before any work is done on it.
+        ctx.consume_budget_input(code.len())?;
+        ctx.consume_budget_work(u64::try_from(code.len().div_ceil(64)).unwrap_or(u64::MAX))?;
         if let Some(module) = is_disabled_import(&code) {
             return Ok(ExecResult::err(
                 format!(
@@ -561,8 +566,6 @@ impl Builtin for Python {
                 1,
             ));
         }
-        ctx.consume_budget_input(code.len())?;
-        ctx.consume_budget_work(u64::try_from(code.len().div_ceil(64)).unwrap_or(u64::MAX))?;
 
         // THREAT[TM-INF]: Python environment access is intentionally scoped
         // to exported variables only (`ctx.env`). Shell-local variables in
@@ -2017,8 +2020,9 @@ mod tests {
     async fn test_re_module_dynamic_import_is_unavailable() {
         // Monty has no `__import__` or `importlib`, so import statements are
         // the only way to load a module. Pin that: if Monty adds either, the
-        // AST gate in `is_disabled_import` must learn about it.
-        let r = run(&["-c", "m = __import__('re')\nprint(m)"], None).await;
+        // AST gate in `is_disabled_import` must learn about it. Payloads use
+        // only supported modules, so the call itself is what fails.
+        let r = run(&["-c", "m = __import__('json')\nprint(m)"], None).await;
         assert_eq!(r.exit_code, 1, "{}", r.stdout);
         assert!(r.stdout.is_empty(), "{}", r.stdout);
         let r = run(&["-c", "import importlib"], None).await;
@@ -2028,6 +2032,18 @@ mod tests {
             "{}",
             r.stderr
         );
+        // `exec`/`eval`/`compile` would run an import the outer AST never
+        // shows. Monty has none of them; pin that too. Each payload succeeds
+        // as soon as the builtin exists, so adding one turns this test red.
+        for code in [
+            "exec('x = 41')\nprint(x)",
+            "print(eval('6 * 7'))",
+            "c = compile('x = 1', 'x', 'exec')\nprint(c)",
+        ] {
+            let r = run(&["-c", code], None).await;
+            assert_eq!(r.exit_code, 1, "{code}: {}", r.stdout);
+            assert!(r.stdout.is_empty(), "{code}: {}", r.stdout);
+        }
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/knowledge/log.md b/knowledge/log.md
index 34517d899..72a9312ba 100644
--- a/knowledge/log.md
+++ b/knowledge/log.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 * **Python `re` gate parses code**: the embedded Monty `python3` blocked `import re` by matching lines that start with `import`/`from`, so `pass; import re` or `if True: import re` loaded the module anyway (found by a downstream integration review). The gate now walks the parsed statement tree. See [Python Builtin](runtimes/python-builtin.md).
 * **Python call cap and final-value hang**: each embedded `python3` call reserved `max_memory / 64` work units up front, so a default script failed on its 96th call; heap growth is now charged as it happens. The last expression is no longer echoed (CPython never does for `-c`/files/stdin): exporting it ran outside Monty's limits, and `x = [x, x]` thirty times hung past the timeout. Found reviewing a downstream integration. See [Python Builtin](runtimes/python-builtin.md).
+* **`re` gate follow-ups**: source is charged to the execution budget before the gate parses it; `ruff_python_parser`/`ruff_python_ast` are Dependabot-ignored so they move only with Monty; a test pins that Monty has no `exec`/`eval`/`compile`. See [Python Builtin](runtimes/python-builtin.md).
 * **Python hint and timeouts**: the Monty `python3` LLM hint said "No classes" after Monty 0.0.19 added simple classes, and never mentioned the `re` block; it now matches the runtime and `test_llm_hint_matches_runtime` imports every module it names. A Monty time-limit hit now exits 124 with `python3: execution timed out after Ns`, like the CPython runtime, instead of exit 1 and a `TimeoutError` traceback. See [Python Builtin](runtimes/python-builtin.md).
 
 ## 2026-11-03
diff --git a/knowledge/runtimes/python-builtin.md b/knowledge/runtimes/python-builtin.md
index b1a6e9a2d..ad061fdb7 100644
--- a/knowledge/runtimes/python-builtin.md
+++ b/knowledge/runtimes/python-builtin.md
@@ -250,8 +250,11 @@ the code with `ruff_python_parser` (the parser Monty itself runs first) and walk
 every statement body, so `pass; import re`, `if x: import re` or an import inside
 a function, class, loop or `try` is caught. Strings and comments that mention
 `re` are not. A line-prefix scan used before 2026-11-05 missed all of these.
-Monty 0.0.19 has no `__import__` or `importlib`, so `import`/`from` statements
-are the only module loaders; a unit test pins that.
+Monty 0.0.19 has no `__import__`, `importlib`, `exec`, `eval` or `compile`, so
+`import`/`from` statements are the only module loaders; a unit test pins that.
+`ruff_python_parser`/`ruff_python_ast` are pinned to Monty's bundled 0.0.3 and
+ignored by Dependabot, so the gate and the executor parse the same grammar.
+Source is charged to the execution budget before the gate parses it.
 
 ### Integration with Bashkit