diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 swh.model >= 0.4.0
-swh.storage >= 0.12.0
+swh.storage >= 0.22.0
 swh.scheduler >= 0.0.39
-swh.loader.core >= 0.5.9
+swh.loader.core >= 0.16.0
diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/loader.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/loader.py
@@ -170,14 +170,10 @@
         if isinstance(visit_date, str):  # visit_date can be string or datetime
             visit_date = parser.parse(visit_date)
         self.visit_date = visit_date
-        visit_and_status = origin_get_latest_visit_status(
+        visit_status = origin_get_latest_visit_status(
             self.storage, self.origin_url, require_snapshot=True
         )
-        if visit_and_status is None:
-            self.last_snapshot_id = None
-        else:
-            _, visit_status = visit_and_status
-            self.last_snapshot_id = visit_status.snapshot
+        self.last_snapshot_id = None if visit_status is None else visit_status.snapshot
 
     @staticmethod
     def clone_with_timeout(log, origin, destination, timeout):