diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 035eb624dc..4465770692 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ hooks:
 
 # bootstrap the build by generating any necessary code and downloading additional tools that may
 # be used by devs.
-bootstrap: prep tools
+bootstrap: tools prep
 
 # Note: if you have plugins in GOPATH you can update all of them via something like:
 # for i in $(ls | grep vault-plugin-); do cd $i; git remote update; git reset --hard origin/master; dep ensure -update; git add .; git commit; git push; cd ..; done