diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4db2ff9..ac51bcc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ If you were at `firehose-core` version `1.0.0` and are bumping to `1.1.0`, you s
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Substreams fixes
+
+* Fix "cannot resolve 'old cursor' from files in passthrough mode" error on some requests with an old cursor
+* Fix handling of 'special case' substreams module with only "params" as its input: should not skip this execution (used in graph-node for head tracking) 
+  -> empty files in module cache with hash `d3b1920483180cbcd2fd10abcabbee431146f4c8` should be deleted for consistency
+
+### Core fixes
+
 * fix: reader-node-stdin not shutting down after receiving an EOF
 
 ## v1.6.2
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc12fef..154e164 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/streamingfast/payment-gateway v0.0.0-20240426151444-581e930c76e2
 	github.com/streamingfast/pbgo v0.0.6-0.20240823134334-812f6a16c5cb
 	github.com/streamingfast/snapshotter v0.0.0-20230316190750-5bcadfde44d0
-	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.10.2
+	github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.10.3-0.20240912201411-a2fbe8e63da5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/test-go/testify v1.1.4
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d762351..fa9b80d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ 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 v1.10.2 h1:lrd89lHxr5pKnP/UjbBJ3lK52He54kiuYb4JnNQFAus=
-github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.10.2/go.mod h1:K258nTQL1Lxn84W9KrpNMy/w8P9+6kmvCWKEMu7LmQE=
+github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.10.3-0.20240912201411-a2fbe8e63da5 h1:HAWuEROfh+B1eZ06D74P/ljoRkgSkhZ+hSuOJztwUfE=
+github.com/streamingfast/substreams v1.10.3-0.20240912201411-a2fbe8e63da5/go.mod h1:K258nTQL1Lxn84W9KrpNMy/w8P9+6kmvCWKEMu7LmQE=
 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=