diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index ee283870b..55a693496 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
         .gobject = .{
             // https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject based on zig_gobject
             // Temporary until we generate them at build time automatically.
-            .url = "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1.tar.zst",
-            .hash = "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7F_XnABQYabYdzLoVbO3bCcJIwxE3NCPs1_fG2ma",
+            .url = "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1.tar.zst",
+            .hash = "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7AngnABC2BPiaoobs6YSSzSgMuEIcjb2rYrRyaAM",
             .lazy = true,
         },
 
diff --git a/build.zig.zon.json b/build.zig.zon.json
index 190fc1cd2..24f1053ba 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon.json
+++ b/build.zig.zon.json
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     "url": "https://deps.files.ghostty.org/glslang-12201278a1a05c0ce0b6eb6026c65cd3e9247aa041b1c260324bf29cee559dd23ba1.tar.gz",
     "hash": "sha256-FKLtu1Ccs+UamlPj9eQ12/WXFgS0uDPmPmB26MCpl7U="
   },
-  "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7F_XnABQYabYdzLoVbO3bCcJIwxE3NCPs1_fG2ma": {
+  "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7AngnABC2BPiaoobs6YSSzSgMuEIcjb2rYrRyaAM": {
     "name": "gobject",
-    "url": "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1.tar.zst",
-    "hash": "sha256-43IIiHR5J7PfgG9JXSlGgC6WztC10fXyIhGZfY9xceQ="
+    "url": "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1.tar.zst",
+    "hash": "sha256-B0ziLzKud+kdKu5T1BTE9GMh8EPM/KhhhoNJlys5QPI="
   },
   "N-V-__8AALiNBAA-_0gprYr92CjrMj1I5bqNu0TSJOnjFNSr": {
     "name": "gtk4_layer_shell",
diff --git a/build.zig.zon.nix b/build.zig.zon.nix
index 3708d61ed..380bafaeb 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon.nix
+++ b/build.zig.zon.nix
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ in
       };
     }
     {
-      name = "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7F_XnABQYabYdzLoVbO3bCcJIwxE3NCPs1_fG2ma";
+      name = "gobject-0.3.0-Skun7AngnABC2BPiaoobs6YSSzSgMuEIcjb2rYrRyaAM";
       path = fetchZigArtifact {
         name = "gobject";
-        url = "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1.tar.zst";
-        hash = "sha256-43IIiHR5J7PfgG9JXSlGgC6WztC10fXyIhGZfY9xceQ=";
+        url = "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1.tar.zst";
+        hash = "sha256-B0ziLzKud+kdKu5T1BTE9GMh8EPM/KhhhoNJlys5QPI=";
       };
     }
     {
diff --git a/build.zig.zon.txt b/build.zig.zon.txt
index 2f3a9cab9..14bb0e8df 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon.txt
+++ b/build.zig.zon.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ https://deps.files.ghostty.org/wuffs-122037b39d577ec2db3fd7b2130e7b69ef6cc1807d6
 https://deps.files.ghostty.org/zig_js-12205a66d423259567764fa0fc60c82be35365c21aeb76c5a7dc99698401f4f6fefc.tar.gz
 https://deps.files.ghostty.org/ziglyph-b89d43d1e3fb01b6074bc1f7fc980324b04d26a5.tar.gz
 https://deps.files.ghostty.org/zlib-1220fed0c74e1019b3ee29edae2051788b080cd96e90d56836eea857b0b966742efb.tar.gz
-https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1.tar.zst
+https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1.tar.zst
 https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes/archive/3cbeca99efa10beba24b0efe86331736f09f9ed1.tar.gz
 https://github.com/mitchellh/libxev/archive/7f803181b158a10fec8619f793e3b4df515566cb.tar.gz
 https://github.com/mitchellh/zig-objc/archive/c9e917a4e15a983b672ca779c7985d738a2d517c.tar.gz
diff --git a/flatpak/zig-packages.json b/flatpak/zig-packages.json
index 56f4dc6a4..d50371f5f 100644
--- a/flatpak/zig-packages.json
+++ b/flatpak/zig-packages.json
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
   },
   {
     "type": "archive",
-    "url": "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-07-34-1.tar.zst",
-    "dest": "vendor/p/gobject-0.3.0-Skun7F_XnABQYabYdzLoVbO3bCcJIwxE3NCPs1_fG2ma",
-    "sha256": "e3720888747927b3df806f495d2946802e96ced0b5d1f5f22211997d8f7171e4"
+    "url": "https://github.com/jcollie/ghostty-gobject/releases/download/0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1/ghostty-gobject-0.14.1-2025-08-09-37-1.tar.zst",
+    "dest": "vendor/p/gobject-0.3.0-Skun7AngnABC2BPiaoobs6YSSzSgMuEIcjb2rYrRyaAM",
+    "sha256": "074ce22f32ae77e91d2aee53d414c4f46321f043ccfca861868349972b3940f2"
   },
   {
     "type": "archive",
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/window.zig
index ae953eee0..47f95aece 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/class/window.zig
@@ -1065,11 +1065,7 @@ pub const Window = extern struct {
     fn dispose(self: *Self) callconv(.c) void {
         const priv = self.private();
 
-        command_palette: {
-            // TODO: this can be simplified once WeakRef.get() can return a null.
-            const command_palette = gobject.ext.cast(CommandPalette, priv.command_palette.get()) orelse break :command_palette;
-            command_palette.unref();
-        }
+        if (priv.command_palette.get()) |object| object.unref();
 
         if (priv.config) |v| {
             v.unref();
@@ -1720,9 +1716,11 @@ pub const Window = extern struct {
         // Get a reference to a command palette. First check the weak reference
         // that we save to see if we already have one stored. If we don't then
         // create a new one.
-        //
-        // TODO: once WeakRef.get() can return a null this will need to be fixed up.
-        const command_palette = gobject.ext.cast(CommandPalette, priv.command_palette.get()) orelse command_palette: {
+        const command_palette = command_palette: {
+            if (priv.command_palette.get()) |object| not_command_palette: {
+                break :command_palette gobject.ext.cast(CommandPalette, object) orelse break :not_command_palette;
+            }
+
             // Create a fresh command palette.
             const command_palette = CommandPalette.new();