diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e71f52..dc14993 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 all: get build
 
-release:
+mod_tidy:
+	go mod tidy
+
+release: mod_tidy
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 go build -o vcfanno_linux64 --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' vcfanno.go
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 go build -o vcfanno_linux_aarch64 --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' vcfanno.go
 	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o vcfanno_osx --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' vcfanno.go