diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c49ae6e4..f860a363 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). See [MAINTAINERS.md](./MAINTAINERS.md)
 for instructions to keep up to date.
 
+## v2.4.4
+
+### Substreams fixes
+
+* fix a possible panic() when an request is interrupted during the file loading phase of a squashing operation.
+* fix a rare possibility of stalling if only some fullkv stores caches were deleted, but further segments were still present.
+* fix stats counters for store operations time
 
 ## v2.4.3
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 86517e5a..4fe7906d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/streamingfast/logging v0.0.0-20230608130331-f22c91403091
 	github.com/streamingfast/pbgo v0.0.6-0.20240131193313-6b88bc7139db
 	github.com/streamingfast/shutter v1.5.0
-	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.5.3
+	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.5.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/test-go/testify v1.1.4
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1
@@ -236,3 +236,5 @@ replace (
 )
 
 retract v1.4.5 //included private repositories
+
+replace github.com/streamingfast/substreams => /Users/stepd/repos/substreams
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b649bbcc..ad515e62 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ github.com/streamingfast/shutter v1.5.0 h1:NpzDYzj0HVpSiDJVO/FFSL6QIK/YKOxY0gJAt
 github.com/streamingfast/shutter v1.5.0/go.mod h1:B/T6efqdeMGbGwjzPS1ToXzYZI4kDzI5/u4I+7qbjY8=
 github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0 h1:Y15G1Z4fpEdm2b+/70owI7TLuXadlqBtGM7rk4Hxrzk=
 github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0/go.mod h1:/Rnz2TJvaShjUct0scZ9kKV2Jr9/+KBAoWy4UMYxgv4=
-github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.5.3 h1:uELZ0uZxxkl5fpOYMp4bHtFLuOVUOfpfqekuahxoI38=
-github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.5.3/go.mod h1:Nwm2SS06BlBuzWyNQBcu1dV6FolHQyySyDMlkVGe9Y8=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=