diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b9b9a78..bbf5b9e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
    :url  "https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
 
   :dependencies
-  [[org.clojure/tools.reader "1.3.6"]
-   [com.taoensso/encore      "3.68.0"]
+  [[org.clojure/tools.reader "1.3.7"]
+   [com.taoensso/encore      "3.77.0"]
    [org.tukaani/xz           "1.9"]
    [io.airlift/aircompressor "0.25"]]
 
diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
index 84786f4..5d67357 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     PersistentQueue PersistentTreeMap PersistentTreeSet PersistentList
     MapEntry LazySeq IRecord ISeq IType]))
 
-(enc/assert-min-encore-version [3 68 0])
+(enc/assert-min-encore-version [3 77 0])
 
 (comment
   (set! *unchecked-math* :warn-on-boxed)