diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index acc5e3840c..619468642f 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ constraints: zip +disable-bzip2 +disable-zstd
 source-repository-package
     type: git
     location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git
-    tag: 40e6d16e48eaf459a9eae39631c30c564f6e39fb
+    tag: 44abb90c63dba63ab5f6d379131e5a7e0f625e98
 
 source-repository-package
     type: git
diff --git a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
index b7ab00de87..a2d7fe0e92 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
+++ b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."40e6d16e48eaf459a9eae39631c30c564f6e39fb" = "0whxw6skhnm4p78p9v73jw5bxhb55sb6zf172hxmpzw475hczmmd";
+  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."44abb90c63dba63ab5f6d379131e5a7e0f625e98" = "16mi6lqgn6b57jv34kx72j5h5ga2x4avpv49dibk3xjqjb041q9a";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/hs-socks.git"."a30cc7a79a08d8108316094f8f2f82a0c5e1ac51" = "0yasvnr7g91k76mjkamvzab2kvlb1g5pspjyjn2fr6v83swjhj38";
   "https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/http2.git"."b5a1b7200cf5bc7044af34ba325284271f6dff25" = "0dqb50j57an64nf4qcf5vcz4xkd1vzvghvf8bk529c1k30r9nfzb";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/direct-sqlcipher.git"."34309410eb2069b029b8fc1872deb1e0db123294" = "0kwkmhyfsn2lixdlgl15smgr1h5gjk7fky6abzh8rng2h5ymnffd";
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 3876325b74..ecdce33753 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extra-deps:
   # - simplexmq-1.0.0@sha256:34b2004728ae396e3ae449cd090ba7410781e2b3cefc59259915f4ca5daa9ea8,8561
   # - ../simplexmq
   - github: simplex-chat/simplexmq
-    commit: 40e6d16e48eaf459a9eae39631c30c564f6e39fb
+    commit: 44abb90c63dba63ab5f6d379131e5a7e0f625e98
   - github: kazu-yamamoto/http2
     commit: b5a1b7200cf5bc7044af34ba325284271f6dff25
   # - ../direct-sqlcipher
diff --git a/tests/ChatClient.hs b/tests/ChatClient.hs
index 85ef243191..e612f3d09e 100644
--- a/tests/ChatClient.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatClient.hs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ testChatOpts2 = testChatCfgOpts2 testCfg
 testChatCfgOpts2 :: HasCallStack => ChatConfig -> ChatOpts -> Profile -> Profile -> (HasCallStack => TestCC -> TestCC -> IO ()) -> FilePath -> IO ()
 testChatCfgOpts2 cfg opts p1 p2 test = testChatN cfg opts [p1, p2] test_
   where
-    test_ :: [TestCC] -> IO ()
+    test_ :: HasCallStack => [TestCC] -> IO ()
     test_ [tc1, tc2] = test tc1 tc2
     test_ _ = error "expected 2 chat clients"
 
@@ -283,14 +283,14 @@ testChatCfg3 cfg = testChatCfgOpts3 cfg testOpts
 testChatCfgOpts3 :: HasCallStack => ChatConfig -> ChatOpts -> Profile -> Profile -> Profile -> (HasCallStack => TestCC -> TestCC -> TestCC -> IO ()) -> FilePath -> IO ()
 testChatCfgOpts3 cfg opts p1 p2 p3 test = testChatN cfg opts [p1, p2, p3] test_
   where
-    test_ :: [TestCC] -> IO ()
+    test_ :: HasCallStack => [TestCC] -> IO ()
     test_ [tc1, tc2, tc3] = test tc1 tc2 tc3
     test_ _ = error "expected 3 chat clients"
 
 testChat4 :: HasCallStack => Profile -> Profile -> Profile -> Profile -> (HasCallStack => TestCC -> TestCC -> TestCC -> TestCC -> IO ()) -> FilePath -> IO ()
 testChat4 p1 p2 p3 p4 test = testChatN testCfg testOpts [p1, p2, p3, p4] test_
   where
-    test_ :: [TestCC] -> IO ()
+    test_ :: HasCallStack => [TestCC] -> IO ()
     test_ [tc1, tc2, tc3, tc4] = test tc1 tc2 tc3 tc4
     test_ _ = error "expected 4 chat clients"
 
diff --git a/tests/SchemaDump.hs b/tests/SchemaDump.hs
index f816704dbb..cd493ab34e 100644
--- a/tests/SchemaDump.hs
+++ b/tests/SchemaDump.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Data.List (dropWhileEnd)
 import Data.Maybe (fromJust, isJust)
 import Simplex.Chat.Store (createChatStore)
 import qualified Simplex.Chat.Store as Store
-import Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Store.SQLite (MigrationConfirmation (..), closeSQLiteStore, createSQLiteStore, withConnection')
+import Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Store.SQLite (MigrationConfirmation (..), closeSQLiteStore, createSQLiteStore)
 import Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Store.SQLite.Migrations (Migration (..), MigrationsToRun (..), toDownMigration)
 import qualified Simplex.Messaging.Agent.Store.SQLite.Migrations as Migrations
 import Simplex.Messaging.Util (ifM, whenM)
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ testSchemaMigrations = withTmpFiles $ do
       putStrLn $ "down migration " <> name m
       let downMigr = fromJust $ toDownMigration m
       schema <- getSchema testDB testSchema
-      withConnection' st (`Migrations.run` MTRUp [m])
+      Migrations.run st $ MTRUp [m]
       schema' <- getSchema testDB testSchema
       schema' `shouldNotBe` schema
-      withConnection' st (`Migrations.run` MTRDown [downMigr])
+      Migrations.run st $ MTRDown [downMigr]
       unless (name m `elem` skipComparisonForDownMigrations) $ do
         schema'' <- getSchema testDB testSchema
         schema'' `shouldBe` schema
-      withConnection' st (`Migrations.run` MTRUp [m])
+      Migrations.run st $ MTRUp [m]
       schema''' <- getSchema testDB testSchema
       schema''' `shouldBe` schema'