diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afb2bbe..4faeea2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 4.4.0 - 8 February 2025
+
+- \#297 readLargeFile() now works on ACF
+
 ## 4.3.1 - 29 January 2025
 
 Fixes:
diff --git a/ModuleConfig.cfc b/ModuleConfig.cfc
index d804151..24e6ecd 100644
--- a/ModuleConfig.cfc
+++ b/ModuleConfig.cfc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ component{
     this.author = "Julian Halliwell";
     this.webURL = "https://github.com/cfsimplicity/spreadsheet-cfml";
     this.description = "CFML Spreadsheet Library";
-    this.version = "4.3.1";
+    this.version = "4.4.0";
     this.autoMapModels = false;
 
     function configure(){
diff --git a/Spreadsheet.cfc b/Spreadsheet.cfc
index 7a05101..24af418 100644
--- a/Spreadsheet.cfc
+++ b/Spreadsheet.cfc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 component accessors="true"{
 
 	//"static"
-	property name="version" default="4.3.1" setter="false";
+	property name="version" default="4.4.0" setter="false";
 	property name="osgiLibBundleVersion" default="5.4.0.0" setter="false"; //first 3 octets = POI version; increment 4th with other jar updates
 	property name="osgiLibBundleSymbolicName" default="spreadsheet-cfml" setter="false";
 	property name="exceptionType" default="cfsimplicity.spreadsheet" setter="false";
@@ -1297,9 +1297,6 @@ component accessors="true"{
 		,struct streamingReaderOptions
 		,boolean returnVisibleValues=false
 	){
-		if( !this.getIsLucee() ){
-			Throw( type=this.getExceptionType() & ".methodNotSupported", message="'readLargeFile()' is only supported on Lucee", detail="'readLargeFile()' currently only works with Lucee." );
-		}
 		getFileHelper().throwErrorIFfileNotExists( arguments.src );
 		getExceptionHelper().throwExceptionIFreadFormatIsInvalid( argumentCollection=arguments );
 		getSheetHelper().throwErrorIFSheetNameAndNumberArgumentsBothPassed( argumentCollection=arguments );
diff --git a/box.json b/box.json
index 43a1f48..36ae20b 100644
--- a/box.json
+++ b/box.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name" : "Spreadsheet CFML",
     "slug" : "spreadsheet-cfml",
-    "version" : "4.3.1",
+    "version" : "4.4.0",
     "shortDescription" : "CFML spreadsheet library",
     "author" : "Julian Halliwell",
     "location" : "forgeboxStorage",
diff --git a/helpers/streamingReader.cfc b/helpers/streamingReader.cfc
index 182eab0..38f9285 100644
--- a/helpers/streamingReader.cfc
+++ b/helpers/streamingReader.cfc
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ component extends="base"{
 				arguments.sheetToQueryArgs.workbook = getBuilder( arguments.builderOptions ).open( file );
 				return getSheetHelper().sheetToQuery( argumentCollection=arguments.sheetToQueryArgs );
 			}
-			catch( com.github.pjfanning.xlsx.exceptions.ReadException exception ){
-				getExceptionHelper().throwInvalidFileForReadLargeFileException();
+			catch( any exception ){
+				/*
+					for some reason ACF won't match the exception type as a catch() arg here, i.e.
+					catch( com.github.pjfanning.xlsx.exceptions.ReadException exception ){}
+				*/
+				if( exception.type == "com.github.pjfanning.xlsx.exceptions.ReadException" )
+					getExceptionHelper().throwInvalidFileForReadLargeFileException();
+				rethrow;
 			}
 			finally{
 				getFileHelper().closeLocalFileOrStream( local, "file" );
diff --git a/test/specs/readLargeFile.cfm b/test/specs/readLargeFile.cfm
index e71002e..488233b 100644
--- a/test/specs/readLargeFile.cfm
+++ b/test/specs/readLargeFile.cfm
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <cfscript>
-describe(
-	title="readLargeFile (Lucee only)"
-	,body=function(){
+describe( "readLargeFile", function(){
 
 	it( "Can read an XLSX file into a query", function(){
 		var path = getTestFilePath( "large.xlsx" );
@@ -460,21 +458,5 @@ describe(
 	});
 
 	}
-	,skip=!s.getIsLucee()
 );
-
-describe(
-	title="readLargeFile (when run on ACF)"
-	,body=function(){
-
-		it( "throws a methodNotSupported exception", function(){
-			expect( function(){
-				var path = getTestFilePath( "large.xlsx" );
-				s.readLargeFile( src=path );
-			}).toThrow( type="cfsimplicity.spreadsheet.methodNotSupported" );
-		});
-
-	}
-	,skip=s.getIsLucee()
-); 
 </cfscript>
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