diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ce50c043e2bc59b4bd87b590d0da8e74ffa88947..cd75cf0837c64d8d5d46ac5a5cc2e8884dd54832 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ PATH
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-      zeitwerk (~> 1.2)
+      zeitwerk (~> 1.3)
     rails (6.0.0.beta1)
       actioncable (= 6.0.0.beta1)
       actionmailbox (= 6.0.0.beta1)
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ GEM
     websocket-extensions (0.1.3)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    zeitwerk (1.2.0)
+    zeitwerk (1.3.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   java
diff --git a/activesupport/activesupport.gemspec b/activesupport/activesupport.gemspec
index 2fa0623a9c3842e7a1d8757426b3ee3ebf8ad19f..3913ce19c580939cb2f3d7b33bccd8c14c701b80 100644
--- a/activesupport/activesupport.gemspec
+++ b/activesupport/activesupport.gemspec
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
   s.add_dependency "tzinfo",          "~> 1.1"
   s.add_dependency "minitest",        "~> 5.1"
   s.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.0", ">= 1.0.2"
-  s.add_dependency "zeitwerk",        "~> 1.2"
+  s.add_dependency "zeitwerk",        "~> 1.3"
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies/zeitwerk_integration.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies/zeitwerk_integration.rb
index 939ada123d0809142bce68359666f1ce46c9a66a..297bde55343e6b3263e1bb89a3ee0293570b9ae9 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies/zeitwerk_integration.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies/zeitwerk_integration.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def autoloaded?(object)
         end
 
         def verbose=(verbose)
-          l = verbose ? (logger || Rails.logger).method(:debug) : nil
+          l = verbose ? logger || Rails.logger : nil
           Rails.autoloaders.each { |autoloader| autoloader.logger = l }
         end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/autoloaders.rb b/railties/lib/rails/autoloaders.rb
index 4b41e1faf9f2b6b47aae45f79f0fac0c2992daf5..a6974cc2072e7f115f14eabca79c8ac18ed0d846 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/autoloaders.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/autoloaders.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def each
       end
 
       def logger=(logger)
-        callable_or_nil = logger.respond_to?(:debug) ? logger.method(:debug) : logger
-        each { |loader| loader.logger = callable_or_nil }
+        each { |loader| loader.logger = logger }
       end
 
       def zeitwerk_enabled?
diff --git a/railties/test/application/zeitwerk_integration_test.rb b/railties/test/application/zeitwerk_integration_test.rb
index 8a8ca18ebfed196be9dcdc38cf84f96d22fd134c..18e53f88b74a9efabcd3e69aafbc41a6d9cbd0ae 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/zeitwerk_integration_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/zeitwerk_integration_test.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def once_autoloader.reload
     assert_equal %i(main_autoloader), $zeitwerk_integration_reload_test
   end
 
-  test "verbose = true sets the debug method of the dependencies logger if present" do
+  test "verbose = true sets the dependencies logger if present" do
     boot
 
     logger = Logger.new(File::NULL)
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ def once_autoloader.reload
     ActiveSupport::Dependencies.verbose = true
 
     Rails.autoloaders.each do |autoloader|
-      assert_equal logger.method(:debug), autoloader.logger
+      assert_same logger, autoloader.logger
     end
   end
 
-  test "verbose = true sets the debug method of the Rails logger as fallback" do
+  test "verbose = true sets the Rails logger as fallback" do
     boot
 
     ActiveSupport::Dependencies.verbose = true
 
     Rails.autoloaders.each do |autoloader|
-      assert_equal Rails.logger.method(:debug), autoloader.logger
+      assert_same Rails.logger, autoloader.logger
     end
   end
 
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ def once_autoloader.reload
     Rails.autoloaders.logger = logger
 
     Rails.autoloaders.each do |autoloader|
-      assert_equal logger, autoloader.logger
+      assert_same logger, autoloader.logger
     end
 
     Rails.autoloaders.logger = Rails.logger
 
     Rails.autoloaders.each do |autoloader|
-      assert_equal Rails.logger.method(:debug), autoloader.logger
+      assert_same Rails.logger, autoloader.logger
     end
 
     Rails.autoloaders.logger = nil