diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 711db99..1758f9b 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ linters:
     - dogsled
     - dupl
     - errcheck
-    - exportloopref
     - funlen
     - gocognit
     - goconst
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ linters:
 # do not enable...
 #    - bodyclose # 1.18 compat
 #    - depguard   # we don't have a specific configuration for this
+#    - exportloopref   # no longer relevant post go 1.22
 #    - gochecknoglobals
 #    - gochecknoinits    # this is too aggressive
 #    - godot
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed7b91a..245a2e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	@go run -C make . test
+
 .PHONY: *
 .DEFAULT_GOAL: make-default
 
diff --git a/make/go.mod b/make/go.mod
index 6435ae6..962388f 100644
--- a/make/go.mod
+++ b/make/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/anchore/chronicle/make
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.22.1
 
-require github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241021192429-7e18af0fc7f9
+require github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241022203551-494d90ce1a4a
 
 require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/make/go.sum b/make/go.sum
index cc9d53e..3fc5745 100644
--- a/make/go.sum
+++ b/make/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241021192429-7e18af0fc7f9 h1:LvLPfZd31lsrqw5XF45RIsIA1p11DC0Z2hDEe74kUEw=
 github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241021192429-7e18af0fc7f9/go.mod h1:y2KCL40/pLMqMu5PGqxGUs/1taaQjZVkuCGXFi9Lcic=
+github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241022203551-494d90ce1a4a h1:ttcnRZCKhNWkBem7L4HVk60lVx2HwWPjOPX9NH9/LuQ=
+github.com/anchore/go-make v0.0.0-20241022203551-494d90ce1a4a/go.mod h1:y2KCL40/pLMqMu5PGqxGUs/1taaQjZVkuCGXFi9Lcic=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
diff --git a/make/main.go b/make/main.go
index 9255c2a..940e090 100644
--- a/make/main.go
+++ b/make/main.go
@@ -8,35 +8,51 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	fixturesTask := Task{
-		Name: "fixtures",
-		Desc: "build test fixtures",
-		Run: func() {
-			InDir("internal/git/test-fixtures", func() {
-				Run("make")
-			})
-
-			InDir("chronicle/release/releasers/github/test-fixtures", func() {
-				Run("make")
-			})
-		},
-	}
-
-	fixturesFingerprintTask := Task{
-		Name:  "fixtures-fingerprint",
-		Desc:  "get test fixtures cache fingerprint",
-		Quiet: true,
-		Run: func() {
-			Log(FingerprintGlobs("internal/git/test-fixtures/*.sh"))
-		},
-	}
-
 	Makefile(
 		RollupTask("default", "run all validations", "static-analysis", "test"),
 		golint.Tasks(),
 		release.Tasks(),
 		fixturesFingerprintTask,
 		fixturesTask,
-		gotest.Test("unit"),
+		gotest.Test("unit", gotest.WithDependencies(fixturesTask.Name)),
 	)
 }
+
+var fixturesTask = Task{
+	Name: "fixtures",
+	Desc: "build test fixtures",
+	Run: func() {
+		InDir("internal/git/test-fixtures", func() {
+			Run("make")
+		})
+
+		InDir("chronicle/release/releasers/github/test-fixtures", func() {
+			Run("make")
+		})
+	},
+	Tasks: []Task{
+		{
+			Name:   "fixtures:clean",
+			Desc:   "clean internal git test fixture caches",
+			Labels: All("clean"),
+			Run: func() {
+				InDir("internal/git/test-fixtures", func() {
+					Run("make clean")
+				})
+
+				InDir("chronicle/release/releasers/github/test-fixtures", func() {
+					Run("make clean")
+				})
+			},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+var fixturesFingerprintTask = Task{
+	Name:  "fixtures-fingerprint",
+	Desc:  "get test fixtures cache fingerprint",
+	Quiet: true,
+	Run: func() {
+		Log(FingerprintGlobs("internal/git/test-fixtures/*.sh"))
+	},
+}