diff --git a/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.spec.ts b/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.spec.ts
index 126a9462f1b05298944c0c85b17f03375c311da1..45349c6b4a6d1729a960aa93cc38d2cded836aa1 100644
--- a/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('manager/deps-edn/update', () => {
       newValue: `${dep.currentValue}-9999`,
     };
     const { currentValue, newValue } = upgrade;
-    const newFileContent = updateDependency(depsEdn, upgrade);
+    const newFileContent = updateDependency({ fileContent: depsEdn, upgrade });
     const cmpContent = depsEdn.replace(currentValue, newValue);
     expect(newFileContent).toEqual(cmpContent);
   });
diff --git a/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.ts b/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.ts
index 0d7226b3719017a03587f2e58bcea9c91930eeb1..b12e6e44d7963381af2885bc93d7bf30c69775d0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/deps-edn/update.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-export { updateAtPosition as updateDependency } from '../maven/update';
+import { UpdateDependencyConfig } from '../common';
+import { updateAtPosition } from '../maven/update';
+
+export function updateDependency({
+  fileContent,
+  upgrade,
+}: UpdateDependencyConfig): string | null {
+  return updateAtPosition(fileContent, upgrade);
+}
diff --git a/lib/manager/leiningen/update.spec.ts b/lib/manager/leiningen/update.spec.ts
index 6a9ae00db5f9fbbb71e1d777a3337f8e26ce9f80..994a05eb2eefa3a808030e2a5bf43aefe0256fb7 100644
--- a/lib/manager/leiningen/update.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/leiningen/update.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ describe('manager/leiningen/update', () => {
       newValue: `${dep.currentValue}-9999`,
     };
     const { currentValue, newValue } = upgrade;
-    const newFileContent = updateDependency(leinProjectClj, upgrade);
+    const newFileContent = updateDependency({
+      fileContent: leinProjectClj,
+      upgrade,
+    });
     const cmpContent = leinProjectClj.replace(currentValue, newValue);
     expect(newFileContent).toEqual(cmpContent);
   });
diff --git a/lib/manager/leiningen/update.ts b/lib/manager/leiningen/update.ts
index 0d7226b3719017a03587f2e58bcea9c91930eeb1..b12e6e44d7963381af2885bc93d7bf30c69775d0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/leiningen/update.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/leiningen/update.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-export { updateAtPosition as updateDependency } from '../maven/update';
+import { UpdateDependencyConfig } from '../common';
+import { updateAtPosition } from '../maven/update';
+
+export function updateDependency({
+  fileContent,
+  upgrade,
+}: UpdateDependencyConfig): string | null {
+  return updateAtPosition(fileContent, upgrade);
+}