diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ba696ad85a..2790994377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh
-          brew install stylua uncrustify
+          brew install stylua
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/cache
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f1b17f66a9..f7dbc6b6d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ project(nvim C)
 if(POLICY CMP0075)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0075 NEW)
 endif()
+if(POLICY CMP0135)
+  cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
+endif()
 
 # Point CMake at any custom modules we may ship
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
@@ -23,9 +26,11 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 include(CheckLibraryExists)
+include(ExternalProject)
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+include(Deps)
 include(InstallHelpers)
 include(PreventInTreeBuilds)
 include(Util)
@@ -107,6 +112,12 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 
 set_default_buildtype()
+get_property(isMultiConfig GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+if(NOT isMultiConfig)
+  # Unlike build dependencies in cmake.deps, we assume we want dev dependencies
+  # such as Uncrustify to always be built with Release.
+  list(APPEND DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release)
+endif()
 
 # If not in a git repo (e.g., a tarball) these tokens define the complete
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
@@ -221,7 +232,6 @@ endif()
 find_program(LUACHECK_PRG luacheck)
 find_program(SHELLCHECK_PRG shellcheck)
 find_program(STYLUA_PRG stylua)
-find_program(UNCRUSTIFY_PRG uncrustify)
 
 add_glob_target(
   REQUIRED
@@ -301,3 +311,13 @@ add_custom_target(uninstall
 if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
   add_subdirectory(cmake.packaging)
 endif()
+
+ExternalProject_Add(uncrustify
+  PREFIX ${DEPS_BUILD_DIR}
+  URL https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify/archive/uncrustify-0.77.1.tar.gz
+  URL_HASH SHA256=414bbc9f7860eb18a53074f9af14ed04638a633b2216a73f2629291300d37c1b
+  DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS TRUE
+  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DEPS_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/uncrustify
+  CMAKE_ARGS ${DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS}
+  CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS ${DEPS_CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS}
+  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
diff --git a/cmake.deps/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake.deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de4160176..b046b2b54a 100644
--- a/cmake.deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake.deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,19 +12,9 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DI
 include(ExternalProject)
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 
+include(Deps)
 include(Util)
 
-set(DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS
-  -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-  -D CMAKE_C_STANDARD=99
-  -D CMAKE_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-  -D CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}
-  -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-  -D CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-  -D CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=${CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK})
-
-set(DEPS_CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES})
-
 set_default_buildtype()
 get_property(isMultiConfig GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 if(NOT isMultiConfig)
@@ -38,15 +28,8 @@ if(HAS_OG_FLAG)
   set(DEFAULT_MAKE_CFLAGS CFLAGS+=-Og ${DEFAULT_MAKE_CFLAGS})
 endif()
 
-set(DEPS_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/usr")
-set(DEPS_BIN_DIR "${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/bin")
-set(DEPS_LIB_DIR "${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/lib")
-set(DEPS_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build")
-set(DEPS_DOWNLOAD_DIR "${DEPS_BUILD_DIR}/downloads")
 set(DEPS_INCLUDE_FLAGS "-I${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/include -I${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/include/luajit-2.1")
 
-list(APPEND DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR})
-
 option(USE_BUNDLED "Use bundled dependencies." ON)
 
 option(USE_BUNDLED_UNIBILIUM "Use the bundled unibilium." ${USE_BUNDLED})
diff --git a/cmake/CheckUncrustifyVersion.cmake b/cmake/CheckUncrustifyVersion.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 4812c24ace..0000000000
--- a/cmake/CheckUncrustifyVersion.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-if(UNCRUSTIFY_PRG)
-  execute_process(COMMAND uncrustify --version
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE user_version
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "[A-Za-z_#-]" "" user_version ${user_version})
-
-  file(STRINGS ${CONFIG_FILE} required_version LIMIT_COUNT 1)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "[A-Za-z_# -]" "" required_version ${required_version})
-
-  if(NOT user_version STREQUAL required_version)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Wrong uncrustify version! Required version is ${required_version} but found ${user_version}")
-  endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Deps.cmake b/cmake/Deps.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a375270f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Deps.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+set(DEPS_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/usr")
+set(DEPS_BIN_DIR "${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/bin")
+set(DEPS_LIB_DIR "${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR}/lib")
+
+set(DEPS_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build")
+set(DEPS_DOWNLOAD_DIR "${DEPS_BUILD_DIR}/downloads")
+
+set(DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS
+  -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+  -D CMAKE_C_STANDARD=99
+  -D CMAKE_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+  -D CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}
+  -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+  -D CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+  -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DEPS_INSTALL_DIR})
+if(APPLE)
+  list(APPEND DEPS_CMAKE_ARGS -D CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=${CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK})
+endif()
+
+set(DEPS_CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES})
diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index 070cea3b59..47f32abc07 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -888,18 +888,13 @@ add_glob_target(
   EXCLUDE
     tui/terminfo_defs.h)
 
-add_custom_target(uncrustify-version
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-    -D UNCRUSTIFY_PRG=${UNCRUSTIFY_PRG}
-    -D CONFIG_FILE=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/uncrustify.cfg
-    -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CheckUncrustifyVersion.cmake)
-
+set(UNCRUSTIFY_PRG ${DEPS_BIN_DIR}/uncrustify)
 add_glob_target(
   TARGET lintc-uncrustify
   COMMAND ${UNCRUSTIFY_PRG}
   FLAGS -c "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/uncrustify.cfg" -q --check
   FILES ${LINT_NVIM_SOURCES})
-add_dependencies(lintc-uncrustify uncrustify-version)
+add_dependencies(lintc-uncrustify uncrustify)
 
 add_custom_target(lintc)
 add_dependencies(lintc lintc-clint lintc-uncrustify)
@@ -910,7 +905,7 @@ add_custom_target(formatc
     -D LANG=c
     -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Format.cmake
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
-add_dependencies(formatc uncrustify-version)
+add_dependencies(formatc uncrustify)
 
 add_custom_target(generated-sources DEPENDS
   ${NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_SOURCES}
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
index 2fcbc9450f..f646e676c6 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
 
   describe('find()', function()
     it('works', function()
-      eq({test_build_dir}, exec_lua([[
+      eq({test_build_dir .. "/build"}, exec_lua([[
         local dir = ...
         return vim.fs.find('build', { path = dir, upward = true, type = 'directory' })
       ]], nvim_dir))
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
     end)
 
     it('accepts predicate as names', function()
-      eq({test_build_dir}, exec_lua([[
+      eq({test_build_dir .. "/build"}, exec_lua([[
         local dir = ...
         local opts = { path = dir, upward = true, type = 'directory' }
         return vim.fs.find(function(x) return x == 'build' end, opts)