diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d055c54..6abb1e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   * i.e. the internal analyzers that are specialized in other ecosystems e.g. .NET, Ruby, Node.js, etc will not be run at all, improving performance and accuracy.
   * The nvd-clojure implementation never allowed non-jar files to be analyzed, so in practice no behavior has possibly been changed.  
   * ([Read more](https://github.com/rm-hull/nvd-clojure/tree/v2.4.0#configuration-options))
+* Update `dependency-check-core`.
+* Misc cosmetic improvements for what is printed during execution.
 
 ## Changes from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dac2401..5ae6a52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Example usage:
 # copy a temporary Clojars token to your clipboard
-# GIT_TAG=v2.3.0 CLOJARS_USERNAME=$USER CLOJARS_PASSWORD=$(pbpaste) make deploy
+# GIT_TAG=v2.4.0 CLOJARS_USERNAME=$USER CLOJARS_PASSWORD=$(pbpaste) make deploy
 # (recommended) delete said token.
 
 deploy: check-env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a34d6b..f332849 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ dependencies and passes them to a library called [Dependency-Check](https://gith
 
 <details>
 
-Please create a separate project consisting of `[nvd-clojure/nvd-clojure "2.3.0"]`. Said project can be located inside the targeted repo's Git repository.
+Please create a separate project consisting of `[nvd-clojure/nvd-clojure "2.4.0"]`. Said project can be located inside the targeted repo's Git repository.
 
 ```
 (defproject nvd-helper "local"
   :description "nvd-clojure helper project"
-  :dependencies [[nvd-clojure "2.3.0"]])
+  :dependencies [[nvd-clojure "2.4.0"]])
 ```
 
 Please do not add nvd-clojure as a dependency or plugin in the project.clj of the project to be analysed.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If you are using a multi-modules solution (e.g. `lein-monolith`), you should ens
 
 <details>
 
-Please create a separate project consisting exclusively of `nvd-clojure/nvd-clojure {:mvn/version "2.3.0"}`. Said project can be located inside the targeted repo's Git repository.
+Please create a separate project consisting exclusively of `nvd-clojure/nvd-clojure {:mvn/version "2.4.0"}`. Said project can be located inside the targeted repo's Git repository.
 
 Please do not add nvd-clojure as a dependency in the deps.edn of the project to be analysed.
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6541876..b007b96 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject nvd-clojure "2.3.0"
+(defproject nvd-clojure "2.4.0"
   :description "National Vulnerability Database dependency checker"
   :url "https://github.com/rm-hull/nvd-clojure"
   :license {:name "The MIT License (MIT)"