diff --git a/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Internal.hs b/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Internal.hs
index 1be1b523b6..b8b07e667f 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Internal.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Internal.hs
@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@ import           Development.IDE                          (Action,
                                                            WithPriority,
                                                            cmapWithPrio, define,
                                                            fromNormalizedFilePath,
-                                                           hieKind, use_)
-import           Development.IDE.Core.PluginUtils         (runActionE,
+                                                           hieKind)
+import           Development.IDE.Core.PluginUtils         (runActionE, useE,
                                                            useWithStaleE)
 import           Development.IDE.Core.Rules               (toIdeResult)
 import           Development.IDE.Core.RuleTypes           (DocAndTyThingMap (..))
 import           Development.IDE.Core.Shake               (ShakeExtras (..),
                                                            getShakeExtras,
-                                                           getVirtualFile,
-                                                           useWithStale_)
+                                                           getVirtualFile)
 import           Development.IDE.GHC.Compat               hiding (Warning)
 import           Development.IDE.GHC.Compat.Util          (mkFastString)
 import           Ide.Logger                               (logWith)
@@ -124,8 +123,8 @@ semanticTokensFullDelta recorder state pid param = do
 getSemanticTokensRule :: Recorder (WithPriority SemanticLog) -> Rules ()
 getSemanticTokensRule recorder =
   define (cmapWithPrio LogShake recorder) $ \GetSemanticTokens nfp -> handleError recorder $ do
-    (HAR {..}) <- lift $ use_ GetHieAst nfp
-    (DKMap {getTyThingMap}, _) <- lift $ useWithStale_ GetDocMap nfp
+    (HAR {..}) <- withExceptT LogDependencyError $ useE GetHieAst nfp
+    (DKMap {getTyThingMap}, _) <- withExceptT LogDependencyError $ useWithStaleE GetDocMap nfp
     ast <- handleMaybe (LogNoAST $ show nfp) $ getAsts hieAst M.!? (HiePath . mkFastString . fromNormalizedFilePath) nfp
     virtualFile <- handleMaybeM LogNoVF $ getVirtualFile nfp
     let hsFinder = idSemantic getTyThingMap (hieKindFunMasksKind hieKind) refMap
diff --git a/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Types.hs b/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Types.hs
index d7cf2a2b50..cda4fda6e6 100644
--- a/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Types.hs
+++ b/plugins/hls-semantic-tokens-plugin/src/Ide/Plugin/SemanticTokens/Types.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import           GHC.Generics                  (Generic)
 import           Language.LSP.Protocol.Types
 -- import template haskell
 import           Data.Text                     (Text)
+import           Ide.Plugin.Error              (PluginError)
 import           Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax    (Lift)
 
 
@@ -137,12 +138,12 @@ data HieFunMaskKind kind where
 
 data SemanticLog
   = LogShake Shake.Log
+  | LogDependencyError PluginError
   | LogNoAST FilePath
   | LogConfig SemanticTokensConfig
   | LogMsg String
   | LogNoVF
   | LogSemanticTokensDeltaMisMatch Text (Maybe Text)
-  deriving (Show)
 
 instance Pretty SemanticLog where
   pretty theLog = case theLog of
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ instance Pretty SemanticLog where
     LogSemanticTokensDeltaMisMatch previousIdFromRequest previousIdFromCache
                       -> "SemanticTokensDeltaMisMatch: previousIdFromRequest: " <> pretty previousIdFromRequest
                       <> " previousIdFromCache: " <> pretty previousIdFromCache
+    LogDependencyError err -> "SemanticTokens' dependency error: " <> pretty err
 
 
 type SemanticTokenId = Text