diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a25a641305..bfb5f40694e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -442,6 +442,16 @@ start-mysql: bins
 start-postgres: bins
 	./cadence-server --zone postgres start
 
+deps: ## Check for dependency updates, for things that are directly imported
+	@# filter things that do not contain 'indirect:true'
+	@make --no-print-directory DEPS_FILTER=' | select(has("Indirect") | not) ' deps-all
+
+deps-all: ## Check for all dependency updates
+	@# list all updates, compute seconds -> days between current version and latest version dates, format for display and sort
+	@go list -u -m -json all \
+		| jq 'select(.Update) $(DEPS_FILTER) | . + {Age:(((.Update.Time | fromdate) - (.Time | fromdate))/60/60/24 | floor)} | (.Age | tostring) + " days: " + .Path' --raw-output \
+		| sort -n
+
 help:
 	@# print help first, so it's visible
 	@printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n" 'help' 'Prints a help message showing any specially-commented targets'