diff --git a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/curation.py b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/curation.py
index 32f6c88ca..5e862dd90 100644
--- a/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/curation.py
+++ b/src/spyglass/spikesorting/v1/curation.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def get_sorting(cls, key: dict) -> si.BaseSorting:
             }
         ]
 
-        sorting = si.NumpySorting.from_dict(
+        sorting = si.NumpySorting.from_unit_dict(
             units_dict_list, sampling_frequency=sampling_frequency
         )