diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 47047e282..183f9bee0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           echo 'export KUBECONFIG=${outputPathKubeConfigFile}' >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Dependencies
-          command: go get -v -t -d ./...
+          command: scripts/validate/dep.sh
       - run:
           name: Build
           command: V=1 make build
diff --git a/scripts/validate/dep.sh b/scripts/validate/dep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ab03f5063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate/dep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+validate_dep() {
+	dep ensure
+	nChanges=$(git status --porcelain -u | wc -l)
+	[ $nChanges -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+
+validate_dep || {
+	ret=$?
+	echo '`dep ensure` was not run. Make sure dependency changes are committed to the repository.'
+	echo 'You may also need to check that all deps are pinned to a commit or tag instead of a branch or HEAD.'
+	echo 'Check Gopkg.toml and Gopkg.lock'
+	git diff Gopkg.toml Gopkg.lock
+	exit $ret
+}
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