diff --git a/Lib/test/test_type_cache.py b/Lib/test/test_type_cache.py
index 9dc91dc93448ad..11158f9c565c46 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_type_cache.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_type_cache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """ Tests for the internal type cache in CPython. """
 import unittest
+import dis
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
 try:
@@ -8,7 +9,17 @@
     _clear_type_cache = None
 
 # Skip this test if the _testcapi module isn't available.
-type_get_version = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi').type_get_version
+_testcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testcapi")
+type_get_version = _testcapi.type_get_version
+type_assign_specific_version_unsafe = _testcapi.type_assign_specific_version_unsafe
+type_modified = _testcapi.type_modified
+
+
+def type_assign_version(type_):
+    try:
+        type_.x
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
 
 
 @support.cpython_only
@@ -42,6 +53,151 @@ def test_tp_version_tag_unique(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(set(all_version_tags)), 30,
                          msg=f"{all_version_tags} contains non-unique versions")
 
+    def test_type_assign_specific_version(self):
+        """meta-test for type_assign_specific_version_unsafe"""
+        class C:
+            pass
+
+        type_assign_version(C)
+        orig_version = type_get_version(C)
+        if orig_version == 0:
+            self.skipTest("Could not assign a valid type version")
+
+        type_modified(C)
+        type_assign_specific_version_unsafe(C, orig_version + 5)
+        type_assign_version(C)  # this should do nothing
+
+        new_version = type_get_version(C)
+        self.assertEqual(new_version, orig_version + 5)
+
+        _clear_type_cache()
+
+
+@support.cpython_only
+class TypeCacheWithSpecializationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def tearDown(self):
+        _clear_type_cache()
+
+    def _assign_valid_version_or_skip(self, type_):
+        type_modified(type_)
+        type_assign_version(type_)
+        if type_get_version(type_) == 0:
+            self.skipTest("Could not assign valid type version")
+
+    def _assign_and_check_version_0(self, user_type):
+        type_modified(user_type)
+        type_assign_specific_version_unsafe(user_type, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(type_get_version(user_type), 0)
+
+    def _all_opnames(self, func):
+        return set(instr.opname for instr in dis.Bytecode(func, adaptive=True))
+
+    def _check_specialization(self, func, arg, opname, *, should_specialize):
+        for _ in range(100):
+            func(arg)
+
+        if should_specialize:
+            self.assertNotIn(opname, self._all_opnames(func))
+        else:
+            self.assertIn(opname, self._all_opnames(func))
+
+    def test_load_method_specialization_user_type(self):
+        class A:
+            def foo(self):
+                pass
+
+        self._assign_valid_version_or_skip(A)
+
+        def load_foo_1(instance):
+            instance.foo()
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            load_foo_1, A(), "LOAD_METHOD_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=True
+        )
+        del load_foo_1
+
+        self._assign_and_check_version_0(A)
+
+        def load_foo_2(instance):
+            instance.foo()
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            load_foo_2, A(), "LOAD_METHOD_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=False
+        )
+
+    def test_store_attr_specialization_user_type(self):
+        class B:
+            __slots__ = ("bar",)
+
+        self._assign_valid_version_or_skip(B)
+
+        def store_bar_1(instance):
+            instance.bar = 10
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            store_bar_1, B(), "STORE_ATTR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=True
+        )
+        del store_bar_1
+
+        self._assign_and_check_version_0(B)
+
+        def store_bar_2(instance):
+            instance.bar = 10
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            store_bar_2, B(), "STORE_ATTR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=False
+        )
+
+    def test_load_attr_specialization_user_type(self):
+        class C:
+            __slots__ = ("biz",)
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.biz = 8
+
+        self._assign_valid_version_or_skip(C)
+
+        def load_biz_1(type_):
+            type_.biz
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            load_biz_1, C(), "LOAD_ATTR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=True
+        )
+        del load_biz_1
+
+        self._assign_and_check_version_0(C)
+
+        def load_biz_2(type_):
+            type_.biz
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            load_biz_2, C(), "LOAD_ATTR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=False
+        )
+
+    def test_binary_subscript_specialization_user_type(self):
+        class D:
+            def __getitem__(self, _):
+                return 1
+
+        self._assign_valid_version_or_skip(D)
+
+        def subscript_1(instance):
+            instance[6]
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            subscript_1, D(), "BINARY_SUBSCR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=True
+        )
+        del subscript_1
+
+        self._assign_and_check_version_0(D)
+
+        def subscript_2(instance):
+            instance[6]
+
+        self._check_specialization(
+            subscript_2, D(), "BINARY_SUBSCR_ADAPTIVE", should_specialize=False
+        )
+
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-01-03-12-19-37.gh-issue-89811.cZOj6d.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-01-03-12-19-37.gh-issue-89811.cZOj6d.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..90bd9814faffd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-01-03-12-19-37.gh-issue-89811.cZOj6d.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Check for a valid ``tp_version_tag`` before performing bytecode specializations that
+rely on this value being usable.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 2f1801f781017d..a4411d1ea1d0b7 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -5899,6 +5899,32 @@ type_get_version(PyObject *self, PyObject *type)
     return res;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+type_modified(PyObject *self, PyObject *type)
+{
+    if (!PyType_Check(type)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "argument must be a type");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyType_Modified((PyTypeObject *)type);
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+// Circumvents standard version assignment machinery - use with caution and only on
+// short-lived heap types
+static PyObject *
+type_assign_specific_version_unsafe(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyTypeObject *type;
+    unsigned int version;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oi:type_assign_specific_version_unsafe", &type, &version)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    assert(!PyType_HasFeature(type, Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE));
+    type->tp_version_tag = version;
+    type->tp_flags |= Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
 
 // Test PyThreadState C API
 static PyObject *
@@ -6782,6 +6808,9 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"fatal_error", test_fatal_error, METH_VARARGS,
      PyDoc_STR("fatal_error(message, release_gil=False): call Py_FatalError(message)")},
     {"type_get_version", type_get_version, METH_O, PyDoc_STR("type->tp_version_tag")},
+    {"type_modified", type_modified, METH_O, PyDoc_STR("PyType_Modified")},
+    {"type_assign_specific_version_unsafe", type_assign_specific_version_unsafe, METH_VARARGS,
+     PyDoc_STR("forcefully assign type->tp_version_tag")},
     {"test_tstate_capi", test_tstate_capi, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"float_pack", test_float_pack, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {"float_unpack", test_float_unpack, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
diff --git a/Python/specialize.c b/Python/specialize.c
index 4a5213c31c7b87..3441e844e15a30 100644
--- a/Python/specialize.c
+++ b/Python/specialize.c
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ miss_counter_start(void) {
 #define SPEC_FAIL_UNPACK_SEQUENCE_ITERATOR 8
 #define SPEC_FAIL_UNPACK_SEQUENCE_SEQUENCE 9
 
+static uint32_t type_get_version(PyTypeObject *t, int opcode);
 
 static int
 specialize_module_load_attr(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr,
@@ -673,6 +674,9 @@ _Py_Specialize_LoadAttr(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr, PyObject *name)
     }
     PyObject *descr;
     DescriptorClassification kind = analyze_descriptor(type, name, &descr, 0);
+    if (type_get_version(type, LOAD_ATTR) == 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
     switch(kind) {
         case OVERRIDING:
             SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(LOAD_ATTR, SPEC_FAIL_ATTR_OVERRIDING_DESCRIPTOR);
@@ -766,6 +770,9 @@ _Py_Specialize_StoreAttr(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr, PyObject *name)
     }
     PyObject *descr;
     DescriptorClassification kind = analyze_descriptor(type, name, &descr, 1);
+    if (type_get_version(type, STORE_ATTR) == 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
     switch(kind) {
         case OVERRIDING:
             SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(STORE_ATTR, SPEC_FAIL_ATTR_OVERRIDING_DESCRIPTOR);
@@ -889,6 +896,9 @@ specialize_class_load_method(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr,
     PyObject *descr = NULL;
     DescriptorClassification kind = 0;
     kind = analyze_descriptor((PyTypeObject *)owner, name, &descr, 0);
+    if (type_get_version((PyTypeObject *)owner, LOAD_METHOD) == 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
     switch (kind) {
         case METHOD:
         case NON_DESCRIPTOR:
@@ -950,6 +960,9 @@ _Py_Specialize_LoadMethod(PyObject *owner, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr, PyObject *name)
     PyObject *descr = NULL;
     DescriptorClassification kind = 0;
     kind = analyze_descriptor(owner_cls, name, &descr, 0);
+    if (type_get_version(owner_cls, LOAD_METHOD) == 0) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
     assert(descr != NULL || kind == ABSENT || kind == GETSET_OVERRIDDEN);
     if (kind != METHOD) {
         SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(LOAD_METHOD, load_method_fail_kind(kind));
@@ -1183,6 +1196,18 @@ function_kind(PyCodeObject *code) {
     return SIMPLE_FUNCTION;
 }
 
+/* Returning 0 indicates a failure. */
+static uint32_t
+type_get_version(PyTypeObject *t, int opcode)
+{
+    uint32_t version = t->tp_version_tag;
+    if (version == 0) {
+        SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(opcode, SPEC_FAIL_OUT_OF_VERSIONS);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return version;
+}
+
 int
 _Py_Specialize_BinarySubscr(
      PyObject *container, PyObject *sub, _Py_CODEUNIT *instr)
@@ -1231,6 +1256,9 @@ _Py_Specialize_BinarySubscr(
             SPECIALIZATION_FAIL(BINARY_SUBSCR, SPEC_FAIL_WRONG_NUMBER_ARGUMENTS);
             goto fail;
         }
+        if (type_get_version(cls, BINARY_SUBSCR) == 0) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
         assert(cls->tp_version_tag != 0);
         write_u32(cache->type_version, cls->tp_version_tag);
         int version = _PyFunction_GetVersionForCurrentState(func);