diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 488a620e..5c878340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
           tools-deps: latest
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: coverage-m2-${{ hashFiles('deps.edn') }}-v1
       - name: Run cloverage
         run: make coverage
       - name: Upload reports
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 34b40c34..5bbfffd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tools-deps: latest
           lein: latest
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: test-m2-${{ hashFiles('deps.edn') }}-v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index c7bd8dbb..ed951660 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clj-kondo@master
         with:
-          version: '2022.03.04'
+          version: '2022.04.08'
       - run: clj-kondo --lint src:test --config '{:output {:pattern "::{{level}} file={{filename}},line={{row}},col={{col}}::{{message}}"}}'
 
   cljstyle:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5f5517cb..71119e5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tools-deps: latest
           lein: latest
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: test-m2-${{ hashFiles('deps.edn') }}-v1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index afff1508..512b5d68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change
 
 == Unreleased (dev)
 
+== 1.6.1 (2022-04-09)
+// {{{
+=== Changed
+* Bumped clojure to 1.11.1.
+* Bumped rewrite-clj to 1.0.767-alpha.
+* Bumped kaocha to 1.64.1010.
+* Bumped tools.build to v0.8.1.
+
+=== Fixed
+* https://github.com/liquidz/antq/pull/155[#155]: Fixed `deps.edn` extractor to handle `:default-deps` key.
+* https://github.com/liquidz/antq/pull/155[#155]: Fixed `deps.edn` upgrader to handle `:default-deps` key.
+// }}}
+
 == 1.6.0 (2022-03-05)
 // {{{
 === Added
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 8bc7c7b7..8cd6c6d5 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ From Clojure CLI ver `1.10.3.933`, https://clojure.org/reference/deps_and_cli#to
 [source,sh]
 ----
 # install
-clojure -Ttools install com.github.liquidz/antq '{:git/tag "1.6.0"}' :as antq
+clojure -Ttools install com.github.liquidz/antq '{:git/tag "1.6.1"}' :as antq
 # uninstall
 clojure -Ttools remove :tool antq
 # execute
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 6f8d84f1..adf47774 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {:paths ["src"]
  :deps
- {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}
+ {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.1"}
   org.clojure/data.xml {:mvn/version "0.2.0-alpha6"}
   org.clojure/data.zip {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
   org.clojure/tools.cli {:mvn/version "1.0.206"}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   org.clojure/data.json {:mvn/version "2.4.0"}
   clj-commons/clj-yaml {:mvn/version "0.7.108"}
   version-clj/version-clj {:mvn/version "2.0.2"}
-  rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj {:mvn/version "1.0.699-alpha"}}
+  rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj {:mvn/version "1.0.767-alpha"}}
 
  :tools/usage
  {:ns-default antq.tool}
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
  {:1.9
   {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.9.0"}}}
 
+  :1.10
+  {:override-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}}}
+
   :dev
   {:extra-paths ["test"
                  "test/resources"]
-   :extra-deps {lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.63.998"}
+   :extra-deps {lambdaisland/kaocha {:mvn/version "1.64.1010"}
                 lambdaisland/deep-diff2 {:mvn/version "2.0.108"}}}
 
   :nop
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
    :main-opts ["-m" "cloverage.coverage" "--ns-exclude-regex" "leiningen.antq"]}
 
   :build
-  {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:git/tag "v0.8.0" :git/sha "e3e3532"}
+  {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:git/tag "v0.8.1" :git/sha "7d40500"}
           slipset/deps-deploy {:mvn/version "0.2.0"}}
    :ns-default build}
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f43bf88a..2c2978b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.github.liquidz</groupId>
   <artifactId>antq</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.1</version>
   <name>antq</name>
   <description>Point out your outdated dependencies</description>
   <url>https://github.com/liquidz/antq</url>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
       <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.3</version>
+      <version>1.11.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>rewrite-clj</groupId>
       <artifactId>rewrite-clj</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.699-alpha</version>
+      <version>1.0.767-alpha</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
diff --git a/src/antq/util/maven.clj b/src/antq/util/maven.clj
index 9d672694..a2e128ba 100644
--- a/src/antq/util/maven.clj
+++ b/src/antq/util/maven.clj
@@ -66,14 +66,16 @@
     (or (u.lein/env x)
         (str x))))
 
-(defn- ^Server new-repository-server
+(defn- new-repository-server
+  ^Server
   [{:keys [id username password]}]
   (doto (Server.)
     (.setId id)
     (.setUsername (ensure-username-or-password username))
     (.setPassword (ensure-username-or-password password))))
 
-(defn ^Settings get-maven-settings
+(defn get-maven-settings
+  ^Settings
   [opts]
   (let [settings ^Settings (deps.util.maven/get-settings)
         server-ids (set (map #(.getId %) (.getServers settings)))]
@@ -119,12 +121,14 @@
      :artifact artifact
      :remote-repos remote-repos}))
 
-(defn- ^Model read-pom*
+(defn- read-pom*
+  ^Model
   [^String url]
   (with-open [reader (io/reader url)]
     (.read (MavenXpp3Reader.) reader)))
 
-(defn ^Model read-pom
+(defn read-pom
+  ^Model
   [^String url]
   (when-not (str/includes? url "s3://") ; can't do diff's on s3:// repos, https://github.com/liquidz/antq/issues/133.
     (loop [i 0]
@@ -139,15 +143,18 @@
                 (log/warning (str "Fetching pom from " url " failed because of the following error: " (.getMessage e)))))
             (recur (inc i)))))))
 
-(defn ^String get-url
+(defn get-url
+  ^String
   [^Model model]
   (.getUrl model))
 
-(defn ^Scm get-scm
+(defn get-scm
+  ^Scm
   [^Model model]
   (.getScm model))
 
-(defn ^String get-scm-url
+(defn get-scm-url
+  ^String
   [^Scm scm]
   (.getUrl scm))
 
@@ -177,7 +184,8 @@
 (def get-local-versions
   (memoize get-local-versions*))
 
-(defn ^Authenticator authenticator
+(defn authenticator
+  ^Authenticator
   [^String username ^String password]
   (proxy [Authenticator] []
     (getPasswordAuthentication []
diff --git a/test/antq/dep/clojure_test.clj b/test/antq/dep/clojure_test.clj
index 2dc6c1e7..b863e514 100644
--- a/test/antq/dep/clojure_test.clj
+++ b/test/antq/dep/clojure_test.clj
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
                (java-dependency {:name "baz/baz" :version "3.0.0"})
                (java-dependency {:name "rep/rep" :version "4.0.0"})
                (java-dependency {:name "ovr/ovr" :version "5.0.0"})
+               (java-dependency {:name "dft/dft" :version "6.0.0"})
                (git-sha-dependency {:name "sha/sha" :version "dummy-sha"
                                     :extra {:url "https://github.com/example/sha.git"}})
                (git-sha-dependency {:name "git-sha/git-sha" :version "dummy-git-sha"
diff --git a/test/antq/upgrade/clojure_test.clj b/test/antq/upgrade/clojure_test.clj
index cba2cad5..1e19a5fd 100644
--- a/test/antq/upgrade/clojure_test.clj
+++ b/test/antq/upgrade/clojure_test.clj
@@ -156,3 +156,15 @@
                      (dep.clj/extract-deps ""))]
     (t/is (= #{{:name "ovr/ovr" :version {:- "5.0.0" :+ "9.0.0"}}}
              (h/diff-deps from-deps to-deps)))))
+
+(t/deftest upgrade-dep-default-deps-test
+  (let [dummy-dep (assoc dummy-java-dep :name "dft")
+        from-deps (->> dummy-dep
+                       :file
+                       (slurp)
+                       (dep.clj/extract-deps ""))
+        to-deps (->> dummy-dep
+                     (upgrade/upgrader)
+                     (dep.clj/extract-deps ""))]
+    (t/is (= #{{:name "dft/dft" :version {:- "6.0.0" :+ "9.0.0"}}}
+             (h/diff-deps from-deps to-deps)))))
diff --git a/test/resources/dep/deps.edn b/test/resources/dep/deps.edn
index 4deb4a75..1fef5f50 100644
--- a/test/resources/dep/deps.edn
+++ b/test/resources/dep/deps.edn
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
  :aliases
  {:foo {:extra-deps {baz {:mvn/version "3.0.0"}}
         :replace-deps {rep {:mvn/version "4.0.0"}}
-        :override-deps {ovr {:mvn/version "5.0.0"}}}
+        :override-deps {ovr {:mvn/version "5.0.0"}}
+        :default-deps {dft {:mvn/version "6.0.0"}}}
   :bar {;; same artifact name, but different version number
         :extra-deps {foo/core {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}}}}
 
diff --git a/test/resources/integration-testing/green/project.clj b/test/resources/integration-testing/green/project.clj
index c3b1e91c..a74f6ef2 100644
--- a/test/resources/integration-testing/green/project.clj
+++ b/test/resources/integration-testing/green/project.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (defproject green "n/a"
   :description "Please keep me updated - `lein antq` should pass for this project"
   :managed-dependencies [[com.stuartsierra/dependency "1.0.0"]]
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.3"]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.1"]
                  [com.stuartsierra/dependency]]
   :plugins [[lein-pprint "1.3.2"]
             [com.github.liquidz/antq "RELEASE"]]