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/providers/sfmesh/README.md b/providers/sfmesh/README.md
index df6c3e699..2549dc2ed 100644
--- a/providers/sfmesh/README.md
+++ b/providers/sfmesh/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Kubernetes Virtual Kubelet with Service Fabric Mesh
 
-[Service Fabric Mesh](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric-mesh/service-fabric-mesh-overview) is a fully managed service that enables developers to deploy microservices applications without managing virtual machines, storage, or networking. Applications hosted on Service Fabric Mesh run and scale without you worrying about the infrastructure powering it.
+[Service Fabric Mesh](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric-mesh/service-fabric-mesh-overview) is a fully managed service that enables developers to deploy microservices applications without managing virtual machines, storage, or networking. Applications hosted on Service Fabric Mesh run and scale without you worrying about the infrastructure powering them.
 
 The Virtual kubelet integration allows you to use the Kubernetes API to burst out compute to a Service Fabric Mesh cluster and schedule pods as Mesh Applications.
 
 ## Status: Experimental
 
-This provider is currently in the exterimental stages. Contributions welcome!
+This provider is currently in the experimental stages. Contributions are welcome!
 
 ## Setup
 
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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