diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
index 1c8294666..5d718bcd5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/core/Configuration.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class Configuration {
      * Automatically populated by Gradle/Maven during build.
      * DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY - this value is replaced at build time.
      */
-    public static final String gitCommitId = "4aafb6057";
+    public static final String gitCommitId = "a7261e446";
 
     /**
      * Git commit date of the build (ISO format: YYYY-MM-DD).
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/operators/IOOperator.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/operators/IOOperator.java
index 97dc2d33d..3ad8c7349 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/operators/IOOperator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/runtime/operators/IOOperator.java
@@ -734,6 +734,14 @@ public static RuntimeScalar print(RuntimeList runtimeList, RuntimeScalar fileHan
         try {
             // Write the content to the file handle
             return fh.write(sb.toString());
+        } catch (java.nio.channels.NonWritableChannelException e) {
+            // Writing to a read-only filehandle (opened with "<")
+            getGlobalVariable("main::!").set("Bad file descriptor");
+            WarnDie.warnWithCategory(
+                    new RuntimeScalar("Filehandle opened only for input"),
+                    new RuntimeScalar(""),
+                    "io");
+            return new RuntimeScalar(); // undef
         } catch (Exception e) {
             getGlobalVariable("main::!").set("File operation failed: " + e.getMessage());
             return scalarFalse;
@@ -779,6 +787,14 @@ public static RuntimeScalar say(RuntimeList runtimeList, RuntimeScalar fileHandl
                 return scalarFalse;
             }
             return fh.write(sb.toString());
+        } catch (java.nio.channels.NonWritableChannelException e) {
+            // Writing to a read-only filehandle (opened with "<")
+            getGlobalVariable("main::!").set("Bad file descriptor");
+            WarnDie.warnWithCategory(
+                    new RuntimeScalar("Filehandle opened only for input"),
+                    new RuntimeScalar(""),
+                    "io");
+            return new RuntimeScalar(); // undef
         } catch (Exception e) {
             getGlobalVariable("main::!").set("File operation failed: " + e.getMessage());
             return scalarFalse;