diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2474a786..e94bc972 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 - Upgrade SCI reflector based on clojure 1.12 and remove specific workaround for
   `Thread/sleep` interop
 - Add `tools.reader.edn/read`
+- Fix [#1741](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1741): `(taoensso.timbre/spy)` now relies on macros from `taoensso.encore` previously not available in bb
 
 ## 1.4.192 (2024-09-12)
 
diff --git a/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj b/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
index 5eff64c2..9aa51e83 100644
--- a/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
+++ b/feature-logging/babashka/impl/logging.clj
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
             [clojure.tools.logging.impl :as impl]
             [clojure.tools.logging.readable]
             [sci.core :as sci]
-            [taoensso.encore :as enc :refer [have]]
-            [taoensso.timbre :as timbre]
-            [taoensso.timbre.appenders.core :as appenders]))
+            [taoensso.encore :as encore :refer [have]]
+            [taoensso.timbre :as timbre]))
 
 ;;;; timbre
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@
 (defn- fline [and-form] (:line (meta and-form)))
 
 (defonce callsite-counter
-  (enc/counter))
+  (encore/counter))
 
 (defmacro log! ; Public wrapper around `-log!`
   "Core low-level log macro. Useful for tooling/library authors, etc.
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@
                :*err* @sci/err
                stream)]
          (binding [*out* stream]
-           (enc/println-atomic (force output_)))))}))
+           (encore/println-atomic (force output_)))))}))
 
 (def default-config (assoc-in timbre/*config* [:appenders :println]
                               (println-appender {:stream :auto})))
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@
 
 (defn set-level! [level] (swap-config! (fn [m] (assoc m :min-level level))))
 
-(defn merge-config! [m] (swap-config! (fn [old] (enc/nested-merge old m))))
+(defn merge-config! [m] (swap-config! (fn [old] (encore/nested-merge old m))))
 
 (defmacro -log-and-rethrow-errors [?line & body]
   `(try (do ~@body)
@@ -150,7 +149,13 @@
          'set-level! (sci/copy-var set-level! tns)
          'println-appender (sci/copy-var println-appender tns)
          '-log-and-rethrow-errors (sci/copy-var -log-and-rethrow-errors tns)
-         '-ensure-vec (sci/copy-var enc/ensure-vec tns)))
+         '-ensure-vec (sci/copy-var encore/ensure-vec tns)))
+
+(def enc-ns (sci/create-ns 'taoensso.encore))
+
+(def encore-namespace
+  {'catching (sci/copy-var encore/catching enc-ns)
+   'try* (sci/copy-var encore/try* enc-ns)})
 
 (def timbre-appenders-namespace
   (let [tan (sci/create-ns 'taoensso.timbre.appenders.core nil)]
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@
  #'clojure.tools.logging/*logger-factory*
  (fn [_]
    (LoggerFactory.
-    (enc/memoize (fn [logger-ns] (Logger. (str logger-ns) config))))))
+    (encore/memoize (fn [logger-ns] (Logger. (str logger-ns) config))))))
 
 (def lns (sci/create-ns 'clojure.tools.logging nil))
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 5bc42ede..d4d012e0 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                             @(resolve 'babashka.impl.selmer/selmer-validator-namespace))
     features/logging? (assoc 'taoensso.timbre @(resolve 'babashka.impl.logging/timbre-namespace)
                              'taoensso.timbre.appenders.core @(resolve 'babashka.impl.logging/timbre-appenders-namespace)
+                             'taoensso.encore @(resolve 'babashka.impl.logging/encore-namespace)
                              'clojure.tools.logging
                              @(resolve 'babashka.impl.logging/tools-logging-namespace)
                              'clojure.tools.logging.impl