diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-04-25-09-05-47.gh-issue-132713.rHfLvU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-04-25-09-05-47.gh-issue-132713.rHfLvU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a1aff743a075a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-04-25-09-05-47.gh-issue-132713.rHfLvU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix ``repr(classmethod)`` race condition: hold a strong reference to the
+callable while calling ``repr(classmethod)``. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index 6d71dbb5a6affd..ad7e6849137480 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -1488,7 +1488,12 @@ static PyObject*
 cm_repr(PyObject *self)
 {
     classmethod *cm = _PyClassMethod_CAST(self);
-    return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<classmethod(%R)>", cm->cm_callable);
+    // gh-132713: Hold a strong reference since cm_init() can be called
+    // in parallel
+    PyObject *callable = Py_NewRef(cm->cm_callable);
+    PyObject *repr = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<classmethod(%R)>", callable);
+    Py_DECREF(callable);
+    return repr;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(classmethod_doc,