diff --git a/docs/changelog/211.security.rst b/docs/changelog/211.security.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4ea828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/211.security.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Tcl/Tk library detection no longer opens an X display, so an unresponsive display cannot block interpreter discovery.
+It can also find the Tk library on headless systems.
diff --git a/src/python_discovery/_py_info_collect.py b/src/python_discovery/_py_info_collect.py
index a1bdf2d..7764827 100644
--- a/src/python_discovery/_py_info_collect.py
+++ b/src/python_discovery/_py_info_collect.py
@@ -212,9 +212,12 @@ def _resolve_tk_lib(tcl, tcl_lib):  # pragma: no cover
         tk_lib = PythonInfoCollector._query_tk_library(tcl)
         if tk_lib is not None:
             return tk_lib
-        tk_version = tcl.eval("package require Tk")
+        import _tkinter  # ruff:ignore[import-outside-top-level,import-private-name] # novermin # linked Tk version
+
+        # Loading Tk can block on DISPLAY; the linked version is enough to locate its library.
+        tk_version = _tkinter.TK_VERSION
         tcl_parent = os.path.dirname(tcl_lib)
-        for version in (tk_version, ".".join(tk_version.split(".")[:2]), tk_version.split(".")[0]):
+        for version in (tk_version, tk_version.split(".")[0]):
             tk_lib_path = os.path.join(tcl_parent, "tk{}".format(version))
             if os.path.isdir(tk_lib_path) and os.path.exists(os.path.join(tk_lib_path, "tk.tcl")):
                 return tk_lib_path
diff --git a/tests/test_py_info_collect.py b/tests/test_py_info_collect.py
index 5385cea..34a2d26 100644
--- a/tests/test_py_info_collect.py
+++ b/tests/test_py_info_collect.py
@@ -319,6 +319,28 @@ def test_tcl_tk_libs_queried_with_env(tmp_path: Path, mocker: MockerFixture) ->
     assert (info.tcl_lib, info.tk_lib) == ("/tcl-lib", str(tk_dir))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("folder", [pytest.param("tk8.6", id="minor"), pytest.param("tk8", id="major")])
+def test_tk_lib_resolved_without_loading_tk(tmp_path: Path, mocker: MockerFixture, folder: str) -> None:
+    tcl_dir, tk_dir = tmp_path / "tcl8.6", tmp_path / folder
+    tk_dir.mkdir()
+    (tk_dir / "tk.tcl").touch()
+
+    def evaluate(script: str) -> str:
+        if script == "info library":
+            return str(tcl_dir)
+        if script == "set tk_library":
+            raise _TclError(script)
+        raise AssertionError
+
+    _fake_tkinter(mocker, evaluate)
+    mocker.patch.dict(sys.modules, {"_tkinter": mocker.MagicMock(TK_VERSION="8.6")})
+    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {"TCL_LIBRARY": str(tcl_dir)})
+
+    info = PythonInfo()
+
+    assert (info.tcl_lib, info.tk_lib) == (str(tcl_dir), str(tk_dir))
+
+
 def test_tcl_tk_libs_none_on_tcl_error(tmp_path: Path, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     _fake_tkinter(mocker, _TclError("fail"))
     mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {"TCL_LIBRARY": str(tmp_path)})