diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/Ghidra2Cpg.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/Ghidra2Cpg.scala
index 94f8faf0d567..16c66f0c1b95 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/Ghidra2Cpg.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/Ghidra2Cpg.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package io.joern.ghidra2cpg
 
 import ghidra.GhidraJarApplicationLayout
+import ghidra.app.plugin.core.analysis.AutoAnalysisManager
+import ghidra.app.util.importer.ProgramLoader
 import ghidra.base.project.GhidraProject
 import ghidra.framework.protocol.ghidra.Handler
 import ghidra.framework.{Application, HeadlessGhidraApplicationConfiguration}
 import ghidra.program.flatapi.FlatProgramAPI
 import ghidra.program.model.listing.Program
-import ghidra.program.util.{DefinedDataIterator, GhidraProgramUtilities}
+import ghidra.program.util.{DefinedStringIterator, GhidraProgramUtilities}
 import ghidra.util.exception.InvalidInputException
+import ghidra.util.task.TaskMonitor
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.passes.*
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.passes.arm.ArmFunctionPass
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.passes.mips.{LoHiPass, MipsFunctionPass}
@@ -48,14 +51,26 @@ class Ghidra2Cpg extends X2CpgFrontend {
           // The 'true' parameter indicates this is a temporary project
           project =
             GhidraProject.createProject(tempWorkingDir.absolutePathAsString, CommandLineConfig.projectName, true)
-          program = project.importProgram(inputFile)
-          addProgramToCpg(program, inputFile.getCanonicalPath, cpg)
+          val loadResults = ProgramLoader
+            .builder()
+            .source(inputFile)
+            .project(project.getProject)
+            .monitor(TaskMonitor.DUMMY)
+            .load()
+          program = loadResults.getPrimaryDomainObject(this)
+          val txId = program.startTransaction("Batch Processing")
+          AutoAnalysisManager.getAnalysisManager(program).initializeOptions()
+          try {
+            addProgramToCpg(program, inputFile.getCanonicalPath, cpg)
+          } finally {
+            program.endTransaction(txId, true)
+            program.release(this)
+          }
         } catch {
           case e: Exception =>
             e.printStackTrace()
         } finally {
           // Closing deletes the project (since we created a temporary project)
-          // Closing also releases the program
           project.close()
         }
       }
@@ -99,8 +114,8 @@ class Ghidra2Cpg extends X2CpgFrontend {
     val functionIterator = listing.getFunctions(true)
     val functions        = functionIterator.iterator.asScala.toList
 
-    val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedDataIterator
-      .definedStrings(program)
+    val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedStringIterator
+      .forProgram(program)
       .iterator()
       .asScala
       .toList
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/LiteralPass.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/LiteralPass.scala
index 97f37248b57a..af42892937dd 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/LiteralPass.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/LiteralPass.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package io.joern.ghidra2cpg.passes
 
 import ghidra.program.flatapi.FlatProgramAPI
-import ghidra.program.util.DefinedDataIterator
+import ghidra.program.util.DefinedStringIterator
 import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.Cpg
 import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.nodes
 import io.shiftleft.passes.ForkJoinParallelCpgPass
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import scala.language.implicitConversions
 class LiteralPass(cpg: Cpg, flatProgramAPI: FlatProgramAPI) extends ForkJoinParallelCpgPass[String](cpg) {
 
   override def generateParts(): Array[String] = {
-    val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedDataIterator
-      .definedStrings(flatProgramAPI.getCurrentProgram)
+    val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedStringIterator
+      .forProgram(flatProgramAPI.getCurrentProgram)
       .iterator()
       .asScala
       .toList
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/PCodePass.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/PCodePass.scala
index 4af1253276b6..58bdad55dc80 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/PCodePass.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/passes/PCodePass.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package io.joern.ghidra2cpg.passes
 
 import ghidra.program.model.listing.{Function, Program}
-import ghidra.program.util.DefinedDataIterator
+import ghidra.program.util.DefinedStringIterator
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.*
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.utils.Utils.*
 import io.joern.ghidra2cpg.utils.{Decompiler, PCodeMapper}
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import scala.language.implicitConversions
 class PCodePass(currentProgram: Program, fileName: String, functions: List[Function], cpg: Cpg, decompiler: Decompiler)
     extends ForkJoinParallelCpgPass[Function](cpg) {
 
-  val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedDataIterator
-    .definedStrings(currentProgram)
+  val address2Literals: Map[Long, String] = DefinedStringIterator
+    .forProgram(currentProgram)
     .iterator()
     .asScala
     .toList
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/utils/PCodeMapper.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/utils/PCodeMapper.scala
index d24f15f3b5db..015f61eebbba 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/utils/PCodeMapper.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/ghidra2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/ghidra2cpg/utils/PCodeMapper.scala
@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ class PCodeMapper(
         handleSingleArgument(pcodeOp, "<operator>.cast", pcodeOp.getMnemonic)
       case CPOOLREF =>
         handleSingleArgument(pcodeOp, "<operator>.cpoolref", pcodeOp.getMnemonic)
-      case EXTRACT =>
-        handleSingleArgument(pcodeOp, "<operator>.extract", pcodeOp.getMnemonic)
       case FLOAT_ABS =>
         handleSingleArgument(pcodeOp, "<operator>.abs", pcodeOp.getMnemonic)
       case FLOAT_CEIL =>
diff --git a/project/Versions.scala b/project/Versions.scala
index 716d986047a1..fe3fc0c64739 100644
--- a/project/Versions.scala
+++ b/project/Versions.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ object Versions {
   val eclipseCdt             = "9.2.100.202507101054+1"
   val eclipseCore            = "3.23.0"
   val eclipseText            = "3.14.400"
-  val ghidra                 = "11.4_f331b5bbea-202504251242"
+  val ghidra                 = "12.2_744c5dee92-202605281342"
   val gradleTooling          = "8.3"
   val jacksonDatabind        = "2.17.0"
   val javaParser             = "3.28.0"