diff --git a/git-checks/Cargo.toml b/git-checks/Cargo.toml
index d9bda1d97f5cff5221dcf013a0829b046c1ca754..7c80d9fe1e1dd63cf045ada8a83ed4a9fa2ea5b2 100644
--- a/git-checks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git-checks/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ lazy_static = "^1.1"
 log = "~0.4.4"
 rayon = "^1.5"
 thiserror = "^1.0.2"
-hickory-proto = "0.25.0-alpha.4"
-hickory-resolver = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.4", default-features = false, features = ["system-config", "tokio-runtime"] }
+hickory-proto = "0.25.0-alpha.5"
+hickory-resolver = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.5", default-features = false, features = ["system-config", "tokio-runtime"] }
 ttl_cache = "~0.5"
 wait-timeout = "~0.2"
 
diff --git a/git-checks/src/commit_subject.rs b/git-checks/src/commit_subject.rs
index 0935cbda982d2bc6902a81406b9c5fb0f9360e4f..3d9acd9638f79fd1077482b05e8b0f38341c70ef 100644
--- a/git-checks/src/commit_subject.rs
+++ b/git-checks/src/commit_subject.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 /// Patterns which are checked for:
 ///   - overly long or short summary lines;
 ///   - work-in-progress messages;
-///   - `fixup!` and `squash!` messages; and
+///   - `fixup!`, `squash!`, and `amend!` messages; and
 ///   - custom prefixes.
 ///
 /// Commit messages which appear to have been auto generated by actions such as merging or