diff --git a/babashka.pods b/babashka.pods
index 63016144..ed996f6f 160000
--- a/babashka.pods
+++ b/babashka.pods
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 630161441bda24cbf0267002e1769ce464c66060
+Subproject commit ed996f6f4106b06d1655f09797bc0b971a5ff523
diff --git a/examples/hsqldb_unused_vars.clj b/examples/hsqldb_unused_vars.clj
index 613d3ba2..95ab9ccc 100755
--- a/examples/hsqldb_unused_vars.clj
+++ b/examples/hsqldb_unused_vars.clj
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
   (:require
    [babashka.pods :as pods]
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
-   [clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]]
    [clojure.pprint :refer [print-table]]))
 
 (pods/load-pod "pod-babashka-hsqldb")
 (require '[pod.babashka.hsqldb :as jdbc]
          '[pod.babashka.hsqldb.sql :as sql])
 
+(pods/load-pod "clj-kondo")
+(require '[pod.borkdude.clj-kondo :as clj-kondo])
+
 (def db "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.syntax_mys=true")
 
 (defn query [q]
@@ -69,10 +71,9 @@
                           var-usages)))
 
 (defn analysis->db [paths]
-  (let [out (:out (apply sh "clj-kondo"
-                         "--config" "{:output {:analysis true :format :edn}}"
-                         "--lint" paths))
-        analysis (:analysis (edn/read-string out))
+  (let [out (clj-kondo/run! {:lint paths
+                             :config {:output {:analysis true}}})
+        analysis (:analysis out)
         {:keys [:var-definitions :var-usages]} analysis]
     (insert-vars! var-definitions)
     (insert-var-usages! var-usages)))