diff --git a/python/helpers/generator3.py b/python/helpers/generator3.py
index 651eb999151e..595c1cccb4e2 100644
--- a/python/helpers/generator3.py
+++ b/python/helpers/generator3.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ but seemingly no one uses them in C extensions yet anyway.
 # * re.search-bound, ~30% time, in likes of builtins and _gtk with complex docstrings.
 # None of this can seemingly be easily helped. Maybe there's a simpler and faster parser library?
 
-VERSION = "1.88" # Must be a number-dot-number string, updated with each change that affects generated skeletons
+VERSION = "1.89" # Must be a number-dot-number string, updated with each change that affects generated skeletons
 # Note: DON'T FORGET TO UPDATE!
 
 import sys
@@ -1034,7 +1034,8 @@ class ModuleRedeclarator(object):
         "numpy.core._dotblas",
         "numpy.core.umath",
         "_collections",
-        "_functools"
+        "_functools",
+        "_socket", # .error, etc
     )
 
     # names that look genuinely exported but aren't.
diff --git a/python/helpers/required_gen_version b/python/helpers/required_gen_version
index a02f2f59c9d7..c7296fef7d95 100644
--- a/python/helpers/required_gen_version
+++ b/python/helpers/required_gen_version
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 (default) 1.85 # anything not explicitly marked
 
-(built-in) 1.88 # skeletons of all built-in modules are built together
+(built-in) 1.89 # skeletons of all built-in modules are built together
 # Note: modules like itertools, etc are "(built-in)" and are ignored if given separately
 
 # pygame._numericsndarray 1.81