diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83baf27872..8f986e8dea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
     Feature #6447: Add LOD support to Object Paging
     Feature #6491: Add support for Qt6
     Feature #6556: Lua API for sounds
-    Feature #6624: Drop support for old saves
     Feature #6726: Lua API for creating new objects
     Feature #6864: Lua file access API
     Feature #6922: Improve launcher appearance
@@ -165,6 +164,7 @@
     Feature #7698: Implement sAbsorb, sDamage, sDrain, sFortify and sRestore
     Feature #7709: Improve resolution selection in Launcher
     Task #5896: Do not use deprecated MyGUI properties
+    Task #6624: Drop support for saves made prior to 0.45
     Task #7113: Move from std::atoi to std::from_char
     Task #7117: Replace boost::scoped_array with std::vector
     Task #7151: Do not use std::strerror to get errno error message
diff --git a/components/esm3/aisequence.cpp b/components/esm3/aisequence.cpp
index bbd42c400e..99c85db1bb 100644
--- a/components/esm3/aisequence.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/aisequence.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace ESM
         void AiTravel::load(ESMReader& esm)
         {
             esm.getHNT("DATA", mData.mX, mData.mY, mData.mZ);
-            esm.getHNOT(mHidden, "HIDD");
+            esm.getHNT(mHidden, "HIDD");
             mRepeat = false;
             esm.getHNOT(mRepeat, "REPT");
         }
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ namespace ESM
                 }
             }
 
-            esm.getHNOT(mLastAiPackage, "LAST");
+            esm.getHNT(mLastAiPackage, "LAST");
 
             if (count > 1 && esm.getFormatVersion() <= MaxOldAiPackageFormatVersion)
             {
diff --git a/components/esm3/formatversion.hpp b/components/esm3/formatversion.hpp
index 1489926fbd..9f499a7231 100644
--- a/components/esm3/formatversion.hpp
+++ b/components/esm3/formatversion.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace ESM
     inline constexpr FormatVersion MaxOldCountFormatVersion = 30;
     inline constexpr FormatVersion CurrentSaveGameFormatVersion = 31;
 
-    inline constexpr FormatVersion MinSupportedSaveGameFormatVersion = 4;
+    inline constexpr FormatVersion MinSupportedSaveGameFormatVersion = 5;
     inline constexpr FormatVersion OpenMW0_48SaveGameFormatVersion = 21;
     inline constexpr FormatVersion OpenMW0_49SaveGameFormatVersion = CurrentSaveGameFormatVersion;
 }
diff --git a/components/esm3/player.cpp b/components/esm3/player.cpp
index aa6b59abb9..fd280bf12e 100644
--- a/components/esm3/player.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/player.cpp
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ namespace ESM
         mPaidCrimeId = -1;
         esm.getHNOT(mPaidCrimeId, "PAYD");
 
-        bool checkPrevItems = true;
-        while (checkPrevItems)
+        while (esm.peekNextSub("BOUN"))
         {
-            ESM::RefId boundItemId = esm.getHNORefId("BOUN");
-            ESM::RefId prevItemId = esm.getHNORefId("PREV");
+            ESM::RefId boundItemId = esm.getHNRefId("BOUN");
+            ESM::RefId prevItemId = esm.getHNRefId("PREV");
 
-            if (!boundItemId.empty())
-                mPreviousItems[boundItemId] = prevItemId;
-            else
-                checkPrevItems = false;
+            mPreviousItems[boundItemId] = prevItemId;
         }
 
         if (esm.getFormatVersion() <= MaxOldSkillsAndAttributesFormatVersion)
@@ -103,10 +99,10 @@ namespace ESM
         esm.writeHNT("CURD", mCurrentCrimeId);
         esm.writeHNT("PAYD", mPaidCrimeId);
 
-        for (PreviousItems::const_iterator it = mPreviousItems.begin(); it != mPreviousItems.end(); ++it)
+        for (const auto& [bound, prev] : mPreviousItems)
         {
-            esm.writeHNRefId("BOUN", it->first);
-            esm.writeHNRefId("PREV", it->second);
+            esm.writeHNRefId("BOUN", bound);
+            esm.writeHNRefId("PREV", prev);
         }
 
         esm.writeHNT("WWAT", mSaveAttributes);
diff --git a/components/esm3/player.hpp b/components/esm3/player.hpp
index 7f9309765c..0f76a3b5eb 100644
--- a/components/esm3/player.hpp
+++ b/components/esm3/player.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ namespace ESM
         float mSaveAttributes[Attribute::Length];
         float mSaveSkills[Skill::Length];
 
-        typedef std::map<ESM::RefId, ESM::RefId> PreviousItems; // previous equipped items, needed for bound spells
-        PreviousItems mPreviousItems;
+        std::map<ESM::RefId, ESM::RefId> mPreviousItems; // previous equipped items, needed for bound spells
 
         void load(ESMReader& esm);
         void save(ESMWriter& esm) const;