diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index f75cde2..5dd8a7a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    :url  "https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
 
   :dependencies
-  [[com.taoensso/encore "3.31.0"]]
+  [[com.taoensso/encore "3.112.0"]]
 
   :test-paths ["test" #_"src"]
 
diff --git a/src/taoensso/tempura.cljc b/src/taoensso/tempura.cljc
index 316ed0d..a9185e7 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/tempura.cljc
+++ b/src/taoensso/tempura.cljc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                 (enc/sb-append sb (str x1))
                 (enc/str-builder  (str x1))))))]
 
-    (if (and (== (count out) 2) (enc/kw-identical? (nth out 0) :span))
+    (if (and (== (count out) 2) (enc/identical-kw? (nth out 0) :span))
       (nth out 1)
       (do  out))))