diff --git a/deps.bat b/deps.bat
index ae43039..e32ba8c 100644
--- a/deps.bat
+++ b/deps.bat
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ public class ClojureToolsDownloader {
               (.getPath (io/file xdg-config-home "clojure")))
             (.getPath (io/file config-dir ".cpcache")))]
     (if (.exists (io/file deps-edn))
-      (if (.canWrite (io/file *dir*))
+      (if (-> (io/file (or *dir* ".")) (.canWrite))
         {:cache-dir (.getPath (io/file *dir* ".cpcache"))
          :cache-dir-key *dir*}
         ;; can't write to *dir*/.cpcache
diff --git a/deps.clj b/deps.clj
index ee3dee0..74269bd 100755
--- a/deps.clj
+++ b/deps.clj
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ public class ClojureToolsDownloader {
               (.getPath (io/file xdg-config-home "clojure")))
             (.getPath (io/file config-dir ".cpcache")))]
     (if (.exists (io/file deps-edn))
-      (if (.canWrite (io/file *dir*))
+      (if (-> (io/file (or *dir* ".")) (.canWrite))
         {:cache-dir (.getPath (io/file *dir* ".cpcache"))
          :cache-dir-key *dir*}
         ;; can't write to *dir*/.cpcache
diff --git a/resources/DEPS_CLJ_VERSION b/resources/DEPS_CLJ_VERSION
index 72e78e6..57f9ebc 100644
--- a/resources/DEPS_CLJ_VERSION
+++ b/resources/DEPS_CLJ_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.11.1.1414-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+1.11.1.1414
\ No newline at end of file