diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc7c76391f..981baaa121 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Changelog
 
 _Note: Gaps between patch versions are faulty, broken or test releases._
 
+## v4.0.0-beta.172 (2024-12-25)
+
+#### :boom: Breaking Change
+
+* Updated `@v4fire/core` to version `4.0.0-alpha.54` with removal of `once` from `Function` prototype
+
 ## v4.0.0-beta.171 (2024-12-23)
 
 #### :house: Internal
diff --git a/src/components/directives/bind-with/interface.ts b/src/components/directives/bind-with/interface.ts
index 6763e92892..57a5b27027 100644
--- a/src/components/directives/bind-with/interface.ts
+++ b/src/components/directives/bind-with/interface.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * https://github.com/V4Fire/Client/blob/master/LICENSE
  */
 
-import type { EventEmitterLike, PromiseLikeP } from 'core/async';
+import type { EventEmitterLikeP, PromiseLikeP } from 'core/async';
 
 import type { DirectiveBinding } from 'core/component/engines';
 import type { WatchOptions } from 'core/component/interface';
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export interface EventListener<A extends any[]> extends Handle<A> {
 	/**
 	 * An event emitter to listen
 	 */
-	emitter?: EventEmitterLike | EventEmitterLike['on'];
+	emitter?: EventEmitterLikeP;
 
 	/**
 	 * The event name to listen for, or a list of such events
diff --git a/src/components/directives/bind-with/test/unit/main.ts b/src/components/directives/bind-with/test/unit/main.ts
index 93e28c2d80..f31b18b5ac 100644
--- a/src/components/directives/bind-with/test/unit/main.ts
+++ b/src/components/directives/bind-with/test/unit/main.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ test.describe('components/directives/bind-with', () => {
 			const el = await renderDirective(page, {
 				emitter: (event: string, listener: AnyFunction) => {
 					document.body.addEventListener(event, listener);
+					return undefined;
 				},
 
 				on: 'testEvent'
diff --git a/src/components/super/i-block/base/index.ts b/src/components/super/i-block/base/index.ts
index 2803c538a7..8e85152039 100644
--- a/src/components/super/i-block/base/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/super/i-block/base/index.ts
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ export default abstract class iBlockBase extends iBlockFriends {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
 				unwatch: Nullable<Function>;
 
-			const emitter: Function = (_: any, wrappedHandler: RawWatchHandler<typeof that, T>) => {
+			const emitter = (_: any, wrappedHandler: RawWatchHandler<typeof that, T>) => {
 				wrappedHandler['originalLength'] = handler['originalLength'] ?? handler.length;
 				handler = wrappedHandler;
 
diff --git a/src/core/component/engines/vue3/component.ts b/src/core/component/engines/vue3/component.ts
index 91bc957610..84d445ca3a 100644
--- a/src/core/component/engines/vue3/component.ts
+++ b/src/core/component/engines/vue3/component.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function getComponent(meta: ComponentMeta): ComponentOptions<typeof Compo
 			unsafe.$vueWatch = this.$watch.bind(this);
 			init.beforeDataCreateState(ctx);
 
-			const emitter: Function = (_: unknown, handler: WatchHandler) => {
+			const emitter = (_: unknown, handler: WatchHandler) => {
 				// eslint-disable-next-line @v4fire/unbound-method
 				const {unwatch} = watch(unsafe.$fields, {deep: true, immediate: true}, handler);
 				return unwatch;
diff --git a/src/core/component/init/states/before-create.ts b/src/core/component/init/states/before-create.ts
index 80c09af384..ccea80904a 100644
--- a/src/core/component/init/states/before-create.ts
+++ b/src/core/component/init/states/before-create.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Async from 'core/async';
 
 import * as gc from 'core/component/gc';
 import watch from 'core/object/watch';
+import { once } from 'core/functools';
 
 import { V4_COMPONENT } from 'core/component/const';
 import { getComponentContext } from 'core/component/context';
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ export function beforeCreateState(
 
 			let fn = () => ('getRoot' in ctx ? ctx.getRoot?.() : null) ?? ctx.$root;
 
-			fn = fn.once();
+			fn = once(fn);
 
 			Object.defineProperty(ctx, $getRoot, {
 				configurable: true,
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ export function beforeCreateState(
 				return targetCtx[$getParent];
 			}
 
-			let fn: CanUndef<Function>;
+			let fn: CanUndef<AnyFunction>;
 
 			if (restArgs != null) {
 				// VNODE
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export function beforeCreateState(
 				fn = () => ctx;
 			}
 
-			fn = fn.once();
+			fn = once(fn);
 
 			Object.defineProperty(targetCtx, $getParent, {
 				configurable: true,
diff --git a/src/core/init/dependencies/helpers.ts b/src/core/init/dependencies/helpers.ts
index 679fc746ac..f4afb2fdff 100644
--- a/src/core/init/dependencies/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/core/init/dependencies/helpers.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * https://github.com/V4Fire/Client/blob/master/LICENSE
  */
 
+import { once } from 'core/functools';
 import type { DependencyFn, Dependency } from 'core/init/dependencies/interface';
 
 /**
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ export function* createDependencyIterator(
 			wait: expandedWait
 		};
 
-		expandedDependency.fn = expandedDependency.fn.once();
+		expandedDependency.fn = once(expandedDependency.fn);
 		expandedDependencies.set(dependency, expandedDependency);
 
 		return expandedDependency;