diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 510a382..f99ede2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ REQUIRE_AS_INCLUDE_SETTINGS=$(shell $(FENNEL) tools/require-flags.fnl)
 
 ROCKSPEC_LATEST_SCM=rockspecs/fennel-ls-scm-$(shell ls rockspecs | grep -Eo 'scm-[0-9]+' | grep -Eo [0-9]+ | sort -n | tail -1).rockspec
 
-.PHONY: all clean test repl install docs install-deps ci selflint \
+.PHONY: all clean test repl install docs install-deps ci selflint deps \
 	rm-docs rm-deps count
 
 all: $(EXE)
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ ci:
 	$(MAKE) test LUA=luajit
 
 	# Make sure the dependency files are correct
+	rm -rf old-deps old-fennel
 	mv deps old-deps
 	mv fennel old-fennel
 	$(MAKE) FENNEL=./old-fennel deps
 	diff -r deps old-deps
 	diff -r fennel old-fennel
-	rm -rf old-deps
-	rm -f old-fennel
+	rm -rf old-deps old-fennel
 
 	# test that luarocks builds and runs
 	luarocks install $(ROCKSPEC_LATEST_SCM) --dev --local
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ ci:
 	fennel-ls --lint
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(EXE)
+	rm -fr $(EXE) old-deps old-fennel build/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62b1704..f8d66e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ Provides intelligent editing features for fennel files.
 
 ## License
 fennel-ls is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more info.
-This project also contains files from other projects:
-* `fennel` and `deps/fennel.lua` are compiled from [fennel](https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/fennel) [MIT license]
-* `deps/faith.lua` is from [faith](https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/faith) [MIT license]
-* `deps/pl/stringio.lua` is from [Penlight](https://github.com/lunarmodules/Penlight) [MIT license]
-* `deps/dkjson.lua` is from [dkjson](http://dkolf.de/dkjson-lua/) [MIT license]
+This repository also contains files from other projects:
 
+* `fennel` and `deps/fennel.lua` are compiled from [fennel](https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/fennel) [MIT license]
+* `deps/dkjson.lua` is from [dkjson](http://dkolf.de/dkjson-lua/) [MIT license]
+* `deps/faith.lua` is from [faith](https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/faith) [MIT license] (test only)
+* `deps/pl/stringio.lua` is from [Penlight](https://github.com/lunarmodules/Penlight) [MIT license] (test only)
 * `src/fennel-ls/docs/generated/*` contains files generated from other sources. It contains information from:
   * the [lua](https://lua.org) reference [MIT license]
   * [TIC80's "learn" webpage](https://tic80.com/learn) [MIT license]
diff --git a/tools/get-deps.fnl b/tools/get-deps.fnl
index 9024d09..eb067ec 100644
--- a/tools/get-deps.fnl
+++ b/tools/get-deps.fnl
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     (sh :git :clone :-c :advice.detachedHead=false :--depth=1 :--branch tag url location)
     (sh :git :clone :-c :advice.detachedHead=false :--depth=1 url location)))
 
-(local fennel-version "1.5.1")
+;; TODO: currently you have to run make clean after changing any of these
+(local fennel-version "1.5.3")
 (local faith-version "0.2.0")
 (local penlight-version "1.14.0")
 (local dkjson-version "2.7")