diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a3dd0c..40354ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.11.0"
+version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "843867be96c8daad0d758b57df9392b6d8d271134fce549de6ce169ff98a92af"
+checksum = "c4512299f36f043ab09a583e57bceb5a5aab7a73db1805848e8fef3c9e8c78b3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2"
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.59"
+version = "1.2.61"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7a4d3ec6524d28a329fc53654bbadc9bdd7b0431f5d65f1a56ffb28a1ee5283"
+checksum = "d16d90359e986641506914ba71350897565610e87ce0ad9e6f28569db3dd5c6d"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "shlex",
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.6.0"
+version = "4.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b193af5b67834b676abd72466a96c1024e6a6ad978a1f484bd90b85c94041351"
+checksum = "1ddb117e43bbf7dacf0a4190fef4d345b9bad68dfc649cb349e7d17d28428e51"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.6.0"
+version = "4.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1110bd8a634a1ab8cb04345d8d878267d57c3cf1b38d91b71af6686408bbca6a"
+checksum = "f2ce8604710f6733aa641a2b3731eaa1e8b3d9973d5e3565da11800813f997a9"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "defguard_wireguard_rs"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "defguard_boringtun",
@@ -649,9 +649,9 @@ checksum = "8f42a60cbdf9a97f5d2305f08a87dc4e09308d1276d28c869c684d7777685682"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff"
-version = "0.2.23"
+version = "0.2.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a3546dc96b6d42c5f24902af9e2538e82e39ad350b0c766eb3fbf2d8f3d8359"
+checksum = "f00b5dbd620d61dfdcb6007c9c1f6054ebd75319f163d886a9055cec1155073d"
 dependencies = [
  "jiff-static",
  "log",
@@ -662,9 +662,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff-static"
-version = "0.2.23"
+version = "0.2.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a8c8b344124222efd714b73bb41f8b5120b27a7cc1c75593a6ff768d9d05aa4"
+checksum = "e000de030ff8022ea1da3f466fbb0f3a809f5e51ed31f6dd931c35181ad8e6d7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -685,9 +685,9 @@ checksum = "09edd9e8b54e49e587e4f6295a7d29c3ea94d469cb40ab8ca70b288248a81db2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.184"
+version = "0.2.186"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48f5d2a454e16a5ea0f4ced81bd44e4cfc7bd3a507b61887c99fd3538b28e4af"
+checksum = "68ab91017fe16c622486840e4c83c9a37afeff978bd239b5293d61ece587de66"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-route"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df9854ea6ad14e3f4698a7f03b65bce0833dd2d81d594a0e4a984170537146b6"
+checksum = "be8919612f6028ab4eacbbfe1234a9a43e3722c6e0915e7ff519066991905092"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@ checksum = "c33a9471896f1c69cecef8d20cbe2f7accd12527ce60845ff44c153bb2a21b49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic-util"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "091397be61a01d4be58e7841595bd4bfedb15f1cd54977d79b8271e94ed799a3"
+checksum = "c2a106d1259c23fac8e543272398ae0e3c0b8d33c88ed73d0cc71b0f1d902618"
 dependencies = [
  "portable-atomic",
 ]
@@ -1171,9 +1171,9 @@ checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2aa850e253778c88a04c3d7323b043aeda9d3e30d5971937c1855769763678e"
+checksum = "8ee5873ec9cce0195efcb7a4e9507a04cd49aec9c83d0389df45b1ef7ba2e649"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ version = "1.1.2+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2abe9b86193656635d2411dc43050282ca48aa31c2451210f4202550afb7526"
 dependencies = [
- "winnow 1.0.1",
+ "winnow 1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1395,9 +1395,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "562d481066bde0658276a35467c4af00bdc6ee726305698a55b86e61d7ad82bb"
+checksum = "40ce102ab67701b8526c123c1bab5cbe42d7040ccfd0f64af1a385808d2f43de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
@@ -1413,9 +1413,9 @@ checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8c6dec3fc6645f71a16a3fa9ff57991028153bd194ca97f4b55e610c73ce66a"
+checksum = "dc5f2297ee5b893405bed1a6929faec4713a061df158ecf5198089f23910d470"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
@@ -1430,9 +1430,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_bindgen"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ed0150801958d4825da56a41c71f000a457ac3a4613fa9647df78ac4b6b6881"
+checksum = "8bc0c60a9607e7ab77a2ad47ec5530178015014839db25af7512447d2238016c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "askama",
@@ -1456,9 +1456,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_build"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b78fd9271a4c2e85bd2c266c5a9ede1fac676eb39fd77f636c27eaf67426fd5f"
+checksum = "4c39413c43b955e4aa8a4e2b34bbd1b6b5ff6bd85532b52f9eb92fbe88c14458"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
@@ -1467,9 +1467,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_core"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0ef62e69762fbb9386dcb6c87cd3dd05d525fa8a3a579a290892e60ddbda47e"
+checksum = "77baf5d539fe2e1ad6805e942dbc5dbdeb2b83eb5f2b3a6535d422ca4b02a12f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -1479,9 +1479,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_internal_macros"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98f51ebca0d9a4b2aa6c644d5ede45c56f73906b96403c08a1985e75ccb64a01"
+checksum = "b4b42137524f4be6400fcaca9d02c1d4ecb6ad917e4013c0b93235526d8396e5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "indexmap",
@@ -1492,9 +1492,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_macros"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db9d12529f1223d014fd501e5f29ca0884d15d6ed5ddddd9f506e55350327dc3"
+checksum = "d9273ec45330d8fe9a3701b7b983cea7a4e218503359831967cb95d26b873561"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "fs-err",
@@ -1509,9 +1509,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_meta"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9df6d413db2827c68588f8149d30d49b71d540d46539e435b23a7f7dbd4d4f86"
+checksum = "431d2f443e7828a6c29d188de98b6771a6491ee98bba2d4372643bf93f988a18"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "siphasher",
@@ -1521,9 +1521,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_pipeline"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a806dddc8208f22efd7e95a5cdf88ed43d0f3271e8f63b47e757a8bbdb43b63a"
+checksum = "761ef74f6175e15603d0424cc5f98854c5baccfe7bf4ccb08e5816f9ab8af689"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "heck",
@@ -1534,9 +1534,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uniffi_udl"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d1a7339539bf6f6fa3e9b534dece13f778bda2d54b1a6d4e40b4d6090ac26e7"
+checksum = "68773ec0e1c067b6505a73bbf6a5782f31a7f9209333a0df97b87565c46bf370"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "textwrap",
@@ -1586,11 +1586,11 @@ checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.2+wasi-0.2.9"
+version = "1.0.3+wasi-0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
+checksum = "20064672db26d7cdc89c7798c48a0fdfac8213434a1186e5ef29fd560ae223d6"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.57.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ version = "0.4.0+wasi-0.3.0-rc-2026-01-06"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5428f8bf88ea5ddc08faddef2ac4a67e390b88186c703ce6dbd955e1c145aca5"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.51.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1863,9 +1863,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09dac053f1cd375980747450bfc7250c264eaae0583872e845c0c7cd578872b5"
+checksum = "2ee1708bef14716a11bae175f579062d4554d95be2c6829f518df847b7b3fdd0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wireguard-nt"
@@ -1892,6 +1892,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rust-macro",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.57.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-core"
 version = "0.51.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5615b70..f0dbd81 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "defguard_wireguard_rs"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.87"
 description = "A unified multi-platform high-level API for managing WireGuard interfaces"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ wireguard-nt = "0.5"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 netlink-packet-core = "0.8"
 netlink-packet-generic = "0.4"
-netlink-packet-route = "0.29"
+netlink-packet-route = "0.30"
 netlink-packet-utils = "0.6"
 netlink-packet-wireguard = "0.3"
 netlink-sys = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/bsd/mod.rs b/src/bsd/mod.rs
index 79cc680..2dfee1d 100644
--- a/src/bsd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bsd/mod.rs
@@ -311,15 +311,26 @@ pub fn delete_peer(if_name: &str, public_key: &Key) -> Result<(), IoError> {
     wg_data.write_data()
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+#[link(name = "c")]
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    // Note: libc crate doesn't export kldload.
+    fn kldload(file: *const libc::c_char) -> libc::c_int;
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
 pub fn load_wireguard_kernel_module() -> Result<(), IoError> {
-    // Ignore the return value for the time being.
-    let retval = unsafe { libc::kld_load(c"if_wg".as_ptr()) };
-    if retval == 0 {
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        Err(IoError::KernelModule)
+    // Prefer kldload(2) to kld_load(3).
+    // The latter needs libutil, which differs between FreeBSD 14 and 15.
+    let retval = unsafe { kldload(c"if_wg".as_ptr()) };
+    // Based on https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/lib/libutil/kld.c#L70
+    if retval == -1 {
+        let err = std::io::Error::last_os_error();
+        if err.raw_os_error() != Some(libc::EEXIST) {
+            return Err(IoError::KernelModule);
+        }
     }
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn create_interface(if_name: &str) -> Result<(), IoError> {