diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6203a4502..265338b30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 - [Rust](https://github.com/moonrepo/rust-plugin/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [Schema](https://github.com/moonrepo/schema-plugin/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
 
+## Unreleased
+
+#### 🚀 Updates
+
+- Updated `proto install` to auto-clean stale plugins after a successful installation.
+
 ## 0.18.4
 
 #### 🐞 Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18720aa63..c68285b33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3246,9 +3246,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starbase_utils"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "032493983d1aaa0e6107219e8b17e2b315452f902f0f512c8bd5af6df6704b44"
+checksum = "9e1665a9066fd0da6e608166a18dba7324734229b5554f6abff7b6a2761b5402"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs 5.0.1",
  "fs4",
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "starbase_styles",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml 0.8.0",
  "tracing",
  "wax",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79f351d2e..69b63a062 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ starbase_archive = { version = "0.2.2", features = [
 ] }
 starbase_sandbox = { version = "0.1.10" }
 starbase_styles = "0.1.15"
-starbase_utils = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = [
+starbase_utils = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false, features = [
 	"json",
 	"toml",
 ] }
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/clean.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/clean.rs
index 3f08f6e6a..127badeb9 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/clean.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/clean.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use starbase::{system, SystemResult};
 use starbase_styles::color;
 use starbase_utils::fs;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
-use std::time::SystemTime;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
 #[derive(Args, Clone, Debug, Default)]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn is_older_than_days(now: u128, other: u128, days: u8) -> bool {
 pub async fn clean_tool(mut tool: Tool, now: u128, days: u8, yes: bool) -> miette::Result<usize> {
     info!("Checking {}", color::shell(tool.get_name()));
 
-    if !tool.get_inventory_dir().exists() {
+    if !tool.is_installed() {
         debug!("Not being used, skipping");
 
         return Ok(0);
@@ -155,31 +155,23 @@ pub async fn clean_tool(mut tool: Tool, now: u128, days: u8, yes: bool) -> miett
     Ok(clean_count)
 }
 
-pub async fn clean_plugins(now: u128, days: u8) -> miette::Result<usize> {
+pub async fn clean_plugins(days: u64) -> miette::Result<usize> {
+    let duration = Duration::from_secs(86400 * days);
     let mut clean_count = 0;
 
     for file in fs::read_dir(get_plugins_dir()?)? {
         let path = file.path();
 
         if path.is_file() {
-            let metadata = fs::metadata(&path)?;
-            let last_used = metadata
-                .accessed()
-                .or_else(|_| metadata.modified())
-                .or_else(|_| metadata.created())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| SystemTime::now())
-                .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-                .unwrap()
-                .as_millis();
+            let bytes = fs::remove_file_if_older_than(&path, duration)?;
 
-            if is_older_than_days(now, last_used, days) {
+            if bytes > 0 {
                 debug!(
                     "Plugin {} hasn't been used in over {} days, removing",
                     color::path(&path),
                     days
                 );
 
-                fs::remove_file(path)?;
                 clean_count += 1;
             }
         }
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ pub async fn internal_clean(args: &CleanArgs) -> SystemResult {
 
     info!("Finding installed plugins to clean up...");
 
-    clean_count = clean_plugins(now, days).await?;
+    clean_count = clean_plugins(days as u64).await?;
 
     if clean_count > 0 {
         info!("Successfully cleaned up {} plugins", clean_count);
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/install.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/install.rs
index c78f475d4..d989167c4 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/install.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/install.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use super::clean::clean_plugins;
 use crate::helpers::{create_progress_bar, disable_progress_bars};
 use crate::shell;
 use clap::Args;
@@ -132,6 +133,11 @@ pub async fn internal_install(args: InstallArgs) -> SystemResult {
     // Sync shell profile
     update_shell(tool, args.passthrough.clone())?;
 
+    // Clean plugins
+    debug!("Auto-cleaning old plugins");
+
+    clean_plugins(7).await?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/core/src/tool.rs b/crates/core/src/tool.rs
index 6f5f522bd..00b5c3d8e 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/tool.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/tool.rs
@@ -1182,7 +1182,9 @@ impl Tool {
 // OPERATIONS
 
 impl Tool {
-    fn is_installed(&self) -> bool {
+    /// Return true if the tool has been installed. This is less accurate than `is_setup`,
+    /// as it only checks for the existence of the inventory directory.
+    pub fn is_installed(&self) -> bool {
         let dir = self.get_tool_dir();
 
         self.version
diff --git a/plugins/Cargo.lock b/plugins/Cargo.lock
index 5a6d42696..d8c4a4424 100644
--- a/plugins/Cargo.lock
+++ b/plugins/Cargo.lock
@@ -915,9 +915,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "extism"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0fcd6ad10f959f7f35680feda30bdcb7c1f6e0584e8358b09d735ff2c232f58"
+checksum = "7a94848d5b49906bd97b83cf5a8bd25082dbc6f8bdfe98f12687910228734552"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "extism-manifest",
@@ -965,9 +965,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "extism-runtime"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2be84fc8659ebaa268478a52f98e7066e4352fc7a90b74ec3aa52e7ac03eecd4"
+checksum = "a3b0ba8ef6ecbf59c0f6e47fd2feea575ebc3a09e81603d06a41af92fe61cdfa"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cbindgen",
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proto_core"
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.4"
 dependencies = [
  "cached",
  "extism",
@@ -2067,12 +2067,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinytemplate",
  "tracing",
  "url",
+ "version_spec",
  "warpgate",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proto_pdk"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.7.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "extism-pdk",
@@ -2084,7 +2085,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proto_pdk_api"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "semver",
@@ -2096,7 +2097,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proto_pdk_test_utils"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "extism",
  "proto_core",
@@ -2107,7 +2108,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proto_wasm_plugin"
-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.6.6"
 dependencies = [
  "extism",
  "proto_pdk_api",
@@ -2773,9 +2774,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starbase_utils"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "032493983d1aaa0e6107219e8b17e2b315452f902f0f512c8bd5af6df6704b44"
+checksum = "9e1665a9066fd0da6e608166a18dba7324734229b5554f6abff7b6a2761b5402"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs 5.0.1",
  "fs4",
@@ -2789,7 +2790,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "starbase_styles",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "toml 0.7.6",
+ "toml 0.8.0",
  "tracing",
  "wax",
 ]
@@ -3037,7 +3038,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.19.14",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c226a7bba6d859b63c92c4b4fe69c5b6b72d0cb897dbc8e6012298e6154cb56e"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit 0.20.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3062,6 +3075,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ff63e60a958cefbb518ae1fd6566af80d9d4be430a33f3723dfc47d1d411d95"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -3221,6 +3247,17 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_spec"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "human-sort",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wait-timeout"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3251,7 +3288,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "warpgate"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 dependencies = [
  "extism",
  "miette",