diff --git a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
index cdbd04ee..12ce5ba0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: perl -V
       - name: Install cpm
-        run: cpanm -n App::cpm Carton::Snapshot
+        run: cpanm -n App::cpm Carton::Snapshot || cpanm -n App::cpm Carton::Snapshot
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: cpm install -g --no-test --show-build-log-on-failure --cpanfile cpanfile.plugins
       - name: Makefile.PL
diff --git a/lib/Template/Provider.pm b/lib/Template/Provider.pm
index eed64461..4e175efd 100644
--- a/lib/Template/Provider.pm
+++ b/lib/Template/Provider.pm
@@ -565,34 +565,22 @@ sub _compiled_filename {
 sub _load_compiled {
     my ($self, $file) = @_;
 
-    # Implicitly Relative paths are not supported
-    # by "require" and invoke @INC traversal, where relative
-    # paths only traditionally worked prior to Perl 5.26
-    # due to the presence of '.' in @INC
-    #
-    # Given load_compiled never wants to traverse @INC, forcing
-    # an absolute path for the loaded file and the INC key is
-    # sensible.
-    #
-    # NB: %INC Keys are always identical to their respective
-    # "require" invocations regardless of OS, and the only time
-    # one needs to care about slash direction is when dealing
-    # with Module::Name -> Module/Name.pm translation.
+    # Force absolute path to avoid any relative path ambiguity.
     my $fpath = File::Spec->rel2abs( $file );
 
     return $self->error("compiled template missing path") unless defined $fpath;
 
+    # Untaint the path
     ($fpath) = $fpath =~ /^(.*)$/s;
 
-    # load compiled template via require();  we zap any
-    # %INC entry to ensure it is reloaded (we don't
-    # want 1 returned by require() to say it's in memory)
-    delete $INC{ $fpath };
-    my $compiled;
-    eval { $compiled = require $fpath; };
-    return $@
-        ? $self->error("compiled template $fpath: $@")
-        : $compiled;
+    # Use do() instead of require() to load compiled templates.
+    # Unlike require(), do() doesn't consult or modify %INC,
+    # so we avoid the previous hack of deleting %INC entries
+    # to force reloads (see GH #177).
+    my $compiled = do $fpath;
+    return $self->error("compiled template $fpath: $@")
+        if $@;
+    return $compiled;
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------