diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc339681..a4fa62f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 This is a history of changes to k13labs/clara-rules.
 
+# 1.4.5
+* upgrade to latest futurama, replace uses of instance-satisfies? with satisfies?
+
 # 1.4.4
 * ensure read-only sessions do not contain empty beta memory for nodes without any bindings results (empty queries).
 
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 867621dd..c3a5fe31 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
                  :ensure "target/main/classes"}
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.4"}
         org.clojure/core.cache {:mvn/version "1.1.234"}
-        com.github.k13labs/futurama {:mvn/version "1.0.4"}
+        com.github.k13labs/futurama {:mvn/version "1.0.5"}
         com.cnuernber/ham-fisted {:mvn/version "2.017"}
         prismatic/schema {:mvn/version "1.4.1"}
         org.clojure/data.fressian {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c891ce0a..8b28588a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   <groupId>com.github.k13labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>clara-rules</artifactId>
   <name>clara-rules</name>
-  <version>1.4.4</version>
+  <version>1.4.5</version>
   <scm>
-    <tag>1.4.4</tag>
+    <tag>1.4.5</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/k13labs/clara-rules</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/k13labs/clara-rules.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/k13labs/clara-rules.git</developerConnection>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.k13labs</groupId>
       <artifactId>futurama</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.4</version>
+      <version>1.0.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/clara/rules/compiler.clj b/src/main/clojure/clara/rules/compiler.clj
index 979a4f3a..f0c10373 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/clara/rules/compiler.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/clara/rules/compiler.clj
@@ -2135,11 +2135,11 @@
     :else nil))
 
 (defn load-source*
-  "loads the rules, queries and hierarchies from a source if it implements `IClaraSOurce`, or navigates inside
+  "loads the rules, queries and hierarchies from a source if it implements `IClaraSource`, or navigates inside
   collections to recursively load from vectors, lists, sets, seqs."
   [source]
   (cond
-    (u/instance-satisfies? IClaraSource source)
+    (satisfies? IClaraSource source)
     (load-source source)
 
     (or (vector? source)