diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 9f08fe1..541aa0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ A release with known breaking changes is marked with:
 
 == Unreleased
 
+* Bumped deps (used during test generation only)
+
 == v1.1.20 - 2024-05-06 [[v1.1.20]]
 
 * Tests can now be generated from a header-less doc
diff --git a/bb.edn b/bb.edn
index 63fa836..2e73cd7 100644
--- a/bb.edn
+++ b/bb.edn
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         dev.nubank/docopt {:mvn/version "0.6.1-fix7"}
         version-clj/version-clj {:mvn/version "2.0.2"}
         etaoin/etaoin {:mvn/version "1.0.40"}
-        io.github.babashka/neil {:git/tag "v0.3.65" :git/sha "9a79582"}}
+        io.github.babashka/neil {:git/tag "v0.3.67" :git/sha "054ca51"}}
  :tasks {;; setup
          :requires ([babashka.fs :as fs]
                     [clojure.string :as string]
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 6fe3a0f..504d158 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}
         org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.4.2"}
-        babashka/fs {:mvn/version "0.5.20"}
-        clj-kondo/clj-kondo {:mvn/version "2024.03.13"}
+        babashka/fs {:mvn/version "0.5.21"}
+        clj-kondo/clj-kondo {:mvn/version "2024.05.24"}
         dev.nubank/docopt {:mvn/version "0.6.1-fix7"}
-        metosin/malli {:mvn/version "0.16.1"}
+        metosin/malli {:mvn/version "0.16.2"}
         rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj  {:mvn/version "1.1.47"}}
 
  :aliases {;; we use babashka/neil for project attributes
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
            :1.9 {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}}}
            :1.10 {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}}}
            :1.11 {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.3"}}}
-           :1.12 {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.0-alpha11"}}}
+           :1.12 {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.0-beta2"}}}
 
            ;; clojure -X support for local examples
            :test-doc-blocks {:ns-default lread.test-doc-blocks}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
            ;;
 
            ;; for kaocha see also tests.edn
-           :kaocha {:extra-deps {lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.87.1366"}}
+           :kaocha {:extra-deps {lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.91.1392"}}
                     :extra-paths ["test"]
                     :main-opts ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]}
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
            ;; for kaocha see also tests.edn
            :isolated/kaocha {:replace-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}
-                                            lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.87.1366"}}
+                                            lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.91.1392"}}
                              :replace-paths ["test"] ;; include test to bring in kaocha hook
                              :main-opts ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
            ;;
            ;; Deployment
            ;;
-           :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.10.3"}}
+           :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.10.5"}}
                    :extra-paths ["src" "build"]
                    :ns-default build}
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
            ;; Maintenance
            :outdated {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.3"}
-                                   com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "2.8.1201"}
+                                   com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "2.8.1206"}
                                    org.slf4j/slf4j-simple {:mvn/version "2.0.13"} ;; to rid ourselves of logger warnings
                                    }
                       :main-opts ["-m" "antq.core" "--ignore-locals"