diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_dict.h b/Include/internal/pycore_dict.h
index 5bbea187394db6..68d353b213c097 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_dict.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_dict.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ _PyDict_NotifyEvent(PyDict_WatchEvent event,
                     PyObject *value)
 {
     assert(Py_REFCNT((PyObject*)mp) > 0);
-    int watcher_bits = FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_RELAXED(mp->_ma_watcher_tag) & DICT_WATCHER_MASK;
+    int watcher_bits = FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_ACQUIRE(mp->_ma_watcher_tag) & DICT_WATCHER_MASK;
     if (watcher_bits) {
         RARE_EVENT_STAT_INC(watched_dict_modification);
         _PyDict_SendEvent(watcher_bits, event, mp, key, value);
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_pyatomic_ft_wrappers.h b/Include/internal/pycore_pyatomic_ft_wrappers.h
index 3155481bb5c36b..fafdd728a8229a 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_pyatomic_ft_wrappers.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_pyatomic_ft_wrappers.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern "C" {
     _Py_atomic_load_uint16_relaxed(&value)
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT32_RELAXED(value) \
     _Py_atomic_load_uint32_relaxed(&value)
+#define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_ACQUIRE(value) \
+    _Py_atomic_load_uint64_acquire(&value)
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_RELAXED(value) \
     _Py_atomic_load_uint64_relaxed(&value)
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_ULONG_RELAXED(value) \
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT8_RELAXED(value) value
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT16_RELAXED(value) value
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT32_RELAXED(value) value
+#define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_ACQUIRE(value) value
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_UINT64_RELAXED(value) value
 #define FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_ULONG_RELAXED(value) value
 #define FT_ATOMIC_STORE_PTR_RELAXED(value, new_value) value = new_value