diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b190572..1eb437f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Big thanks to those that have patiently helped report and debug issues, especial
 ## Recent additions
 
 * \[new] Ongoing [API](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere) and [wiki](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/wiki) doc improvements
-* \[new] (Advanced) Handler fns can now include `:dispatch-opts` metadata, useful for handler authors that want to set defaults for use by [`add-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#add-handler!)
+* \[new] (Advanced) Handler fns can now include `:dispatch-opts` metadata, useful for handler authors that want to set defaults for use by [`add-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#add-handler!) (beta8)
 * \[new] Added [Slack handler](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.slack#handler:slack) (beta8)
 * \[new] Added [TCP](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.sockets#handler:tcp-socket) and [UDP](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.sockets#handler:udp-socket) socket handlers (beta7)
 * \[new] Clj [signal content](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-content) now includes `:thread {:keys [group name id]}` key (beta7)
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 05d705e..dadca15 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    :url  "https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
 
   :dependencies
-  [[com.taoensso/encore "3.109.0"]]
+  [[com.taoensso/encore "3.110.0"]]
 
   :test-paths ["test" #_"src"]
 
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
      #_[org.slf4j/slf4j-nop             "2.0.13"]
 
      ;;; For optional handlers
-     [io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api                           "1.37.0"]
-     #_[io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure "1.37.0"]
-     #_[io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp               "1.37.0"]
+     [io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api                           "1.38.0"]
+     #_[io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure "1.38.0"]
+     #_[io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp               "1.38.0"]
      [metosin/jsonista       "0.3.8"]
      [com.draines/postal     "2.0.5"]
      [org.julienxx/clj-slack "0.8.3"]]
diff --git a/shadow-cljs.edn b/shadow-cljs.edn
index fe40890..1561174 100644
--- a/shadow-cljs.edn
+++ b/shadow-cljs.edn
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {;;:lein true
  :source-paths ["src" "test"]
  :dependencies
- [[com.taoensso/encore "3.109.0"]
+ [[com.taoensso/encore "3.110.0"]
   [cider/cider-nrepl   "0.47.0"]
   [binaryage/devtools  "1.0.7"]]
 
diff --git a/src/taoensso/telemere.cljc b/src/taoensso/telemere.cljc
index b9cc9e0..7b53de2 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/telemere.cljc
+++ b/src/taoensso/telemere.cljc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   (remove-ns 'taoensso.telemere)
   (:api (enc/interns-overview)))
 
-(enc/assert-min-encore-version [3 109 0])
+(enc/assert-min-encore-version [3 110 0])
 
 ;;;; TODO
 ;; - Add handlers: Logstash, Carmine, Datadog, Kafka
diff --git a/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc b/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
index 72b9f3b..2e92964 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
+++ b/src/taoensso/telemere/impl.cljc
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 ;;;; Utils
 
-#?(:clj (defmacro threaded [& body] `(let [t# (Thread. (fn [] ~@body))] (.start t#) t#)))
-
 #?(:clj
    (defmacro on-init [& body]
      (let [sym        (with-meta '__on-init {:private true})
diff --git a/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc b/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
index 4c3e623..b1b60dc 100644
--- a/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
+++ b/test/taoensso/telemere_tests.cljc
@@ -529,13 +529,13 @@
           [(do (enc/set-var-root! impl/*sig-handlers* [(sigs/wrap-handler "h1" (fn h1 [x] (reset! sv_ x)) nil {:async nil})]) :set-handler)
            ;;
            (is (nil? (tel/uncaught->error!)))
-           (is (do (.join (impl/threaded (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id  nil})))
+           (is (do (.join (enc/threaded :user (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id  nil})))
            ;;
            (is (nil? (tel/uncaught->error! :id1)))
-           (is (do (.join (impl/threaded (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id :id1})))
+           (is (do (.join (enc/threaded :user (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id :id1})))
            ;;
            (is (nil? (tel/uncaught->error! {:id :id1})))
-           (is (do (.join (impl/threaded (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id :id1})))
+           (is (do (.join (enc/threaded :user (ex1!))) (sm? @sv_ {:kind :error, :line :submap/ex, :level :error, :error pex1?, :id :id1})))
            ;;
            (do (enc/set-var-root! impl/*sig-handlers* nil) :unset-handler)])))])