diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
index c6f40abfab4226..8148b19a942eb7 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py
@@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ def maybe_run_command(statement: str) -> bool:
         except MemoryError:
             console.write("\nMemoryError\n")
             console.resetbuffer()
+        except SystemExit:
+            raise
+        except:
+            console.showtraceback()
+            console.resetbuffer()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2025-03-30-19-58-14.gh-issue-131878.uxM26H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2025-03-30-19-58-14.gh-issue-131878.uxM26H.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..79b23db6d0b79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2025-03-30-19-58-14.gh-issue-131878.uxM26H.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handle uncaught exceptions in the main input loop for the new REPL.