diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d7e8be83..f74e3af0d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2026-04-02  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h: Further refinement for 4.6.0 to not
+	require R_NamespaceRegistry, using R_getRegisteredNamespace() instead
+
 2026-04-01  Mattias Ellert  <mattias.ellert@physics.uu.se>
 
 	* inst/discovery/cxx0x.R: Set execute permissions for script
diff --git a/inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h b/inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h
index 58f12d7e9..c98777bd3 100644
--- a/inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h
+++ b/inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h
@@ -71,13 +71,21 @@ namespace Rcpp{
 
         Function_Impl(const std::string& name, const std::string& ns) {
 #if R_VERSION < R_Version(4,5,0)
+            // before R 4.5.0 we would use Rf_findVarInFrame
             Shield<SEXP> env(Rf_findVarInFrame(R_NamespaceRegistry, Rf_install(ns.c_str())));
             if (env == R_UnboundValue)
                 stop("there is no namespace called \"%s\"", ns);
-#else
+#elif R_VERSION < R_Version(4,6,0) || R_SVN_REVISION < 89746
+            // during R 4.5.* and before final R 4.6.0 we could use R_getVarEx
+            // along with R_NamespaceRegistry but avoid R_UnboundValue
             Shield<SEXP> env(R_getVarEx(Rf_install(ns.c_str()), R_NamespaceRegistry, FALSE, R_NilValue));
             if (env == R_NilValue)
                 stop("there is no namespace called \"%s\"", ns);
+#else
+            // late R 4.6.0 development got us R_getRegisteredNamespace
+            Shield<SEXP> env(R_getRegisteredNamespace(ns.c_str()));
+            if (env == R_NilValue)
+                stop("there is no namespace called \"%s\"", ns);
 #endif
             get_function(name, env);
         }