diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 20f7a604..d2fbbf1e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### 0.4.4
+
+* manifold now requires Clojure 1.10 or later due to use of `requiring-resolve`
+
+Contributions by Allen Rohner
+
 ### 0.4.3
 
 * Improved clj-kondo exports
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ Contributions by Matthew Davidson, Ryan Smith
 Contributions by Matthew Davidson, Ryan Smith
 
 * Add `go-off`, a `core-async`-style macro with a manifold flavor. Big thanks to Ryan Smith and Yummly for contributing this!
-* Switch to `bound-fn` in `let-flow` to fix bug where dynamic vars were incorrect for other threads 
+* Switch to `bound-fn` in `let-flow` to fix bug where dynamic vars were incorrect for other threads
 * Modernized indentation to match current Clojure styles and fix misalignments
 
 ### 0.1.9
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 896b7d7c..a785614b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ Manifold can use any transducer, which are applied via `transform`.  It also pro
 A Clojurescript implementation of Manifold can be found here: [dm3/manifold-cljs](https://github.com/dm3/manifold-cljs).
 
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### 0.4.4
+- manifold now requires Clojure 1.10 or later due to use of `requiring-resolve`
+
+
 ### License
 
 Copyright © 2014-2024 Zach Tellman.
diff --git a/src/manifold/stream.clj b/src/manifold/stream.clj
index 3a3d0978..5d54de4a 100644
--- a/src/manifold/stream.clj
+++ b/src/manifold/stream.clj
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@
   ([^IEventSource source default-val ^double timeout timeout-val]
    (.take source default-val false timeout timeout-val)))
 
-;;;
-
-(require '[manifold.stream.graph])
-
 (defn connect
   "Connects a source to a sink, propagating all messages from the former into the latter.
 
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@
          connector (.connector ^IEventSource source sink)]
      (if connector
        (connector source sink options)
-       (manifold.stream.graph/connect source sink options))
+       ((requiring-resolve 'manifold.stream.graph/connect) source sink options))
      nil)))
 
 ;;;
@@ -866,7 +862,7 @@
   (isSynchronous [_]
     false)
   (downstream [this]
-    (manifold.stream.graph/downstream this))
+    ((requiring-resolve 'manifold.stream.graph/downstream) this))
   (close [_]
     (.close ^IEventStream buf))
   (description [_]
diff --git a/src/manifold/stream/core.clj b/src/manifold/stream/core.clj
index a5d0fbc9..40238374 100644
--- a/src/manifold/stream/core.clj
+++ b/src/manifold/stream/core.clj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     (alterMeta [_ f# args#]
       (manifold.utils/with-lock* ~'lock
         (set! ~'__mta (apply f# ~'__mta args#))))
-    (~'downstream [this#] (manifold.stream.graph/downstream this#))
+    (~'downstream [this#] ((requiring-resolve 'manifold.stream.graph/downstream) this#))
     (~'weakHandle [this# ref-queue#]
       (manifold.utils/with-lock ~'lock
         (or ~'__weakHandle
diff --git a/src/manifold/stream/queue.clj b/src/manifold/stream/queue.clj
index 15a307cf..c8fa3d7f 100644
--- a/src/manifold/stream/queue.clj
+++ b/src/manifold/stream/queue.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   {:no-doc true}
   (:require
     [clj-commons.primitive-math :as p]
-    [manifold.stream.graph :as g]
     [manifold.deferred :as d]
     [manifold.stream.core :as s]
     [manifold.utils :as utils])
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@
      AtomicReference]
     [java.util.concurrent
      BlockingQueue
-     LinkedBlockingQueue
      TimeUnit]))
 
 (s/def-source BlockingQueueSource