diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index f981aeb..6e71ab8 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; copyright (c) 2020-2022 sean corfield, all rights reserved
+;; copyright (c) 2020-2023 sean corfield, all rights reserved
 
 (ns honey.sql
   "Primary API for HoneySQL 2.x.
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
      [^String s]
      (.. s toString (toUpperCase (java.util.Locale/US))))
    ;; TODO - not sure if there's a JavaScript equivalent here we should be using as well
-   :cljs
+   ;; TODO - not sure if there's a .NET equivalent here we should be using as well
+   :default
    (defn upper-case
      "In ClojureScript, just an alias for cljs.string/upper-case."
      [s]
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
   [x]
   (try
     (some-> (namespace x) (str/replace "-" "_"))
-    (catch #?(:clj Throwable :cljs :default) t
+    (catch #?(:cljs :default :default Exception) t
       (throw (ex-info (str "expected symbol, found: "
                            (type x))
                       {:symbol x
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@
   [x]
   (try
     (str/replace (name x) "-" "_")
-    (catch #?(:clj Throwable :cljs :default) t
+    (catch #?(:cljs :default :default Exception) t
       (throw (ex-info (str "expected symbol, found: "
                            (type x))
                       {:symbol x
@@ -293,18 +294,18 @@
 (extend-protocol p/InlineValue
   nil
   (sqlize [_] "NULL")
-  #?(:clj String :cljs string)
+  #?(:cljs string :default String)
   (sqlize [x] (str \' (str/replace x "'" "''") \'))
-  #?(:clj clojure.lang.Keyword :cljs Keyword)
+  #?(:cljs Keyword :default clojure.lang.Keyword)
   (sqlize [x] (sql-kw x))
-  #?(:clj clojure.lang.Symbol :cljs Symbol)
+  #?(:cljs Symbol :default clojure.lang.Symbol)
   (sqlize [x] (sql-kw x))
-  #?(:clj clojure.lang.IPersistentVector :cljs PersistentVector)
+  #?(:cljs PersistentVector :default clojure.lang.IPersistentVector)
   (sqlize [x] (str "[" (str/join ", " (map p/sqlize x)) "]"))
   #?@(:clj [java.util.UUID
             ;; issue 385: quoted UUIDs for PostgreSQL/ANSI
             (sqlize [x] (str \' x \'))])
-  #?(:clj Object :cljs default)
+  #?(:cljs default :default Object)
   (sqlize [x] (str x)))
 
 (defn- sqlize-value [x] (p/sqlize x))
diff --git a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
index 80fa6bb..e47c05c 100644
--- a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
+++ b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;; copyright (c) 2021-2022 sean corfield, all rights reserved
+;; copyright (c) 2021-2023 sean corfield, all rights reserved
 
 (ns honey.sql-test
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [format])
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@
            (-> {:delete-from :foo
                 :where [:= :foo.id 42]}
                (format :dialect :mysql :pretty true)))))
-  (when (str/starts-with? #?(:clj (clojure-version)
-                             :cljs *clojurescript-version*) "1.11")
+  (when (str/starts-with? #?(:cljs *clojurescript-version*
+                             :default (clojure-version)) "1.11")
     (testing "format can be called with mixed arguments"
       (is (= ["\nDELETE FROM `foo`\nWHERE `foo`.`id` = ?\n" 42]
              (-> {:delete-from :foo
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ ORDER BY id = ? DESC
              :order-by [(keyword sort-column)]}
             (format))
         (is false "; not detected in entity!")
-        (catch #?(:clj Throwable :cljs :default) e
+        (catch #?(:cljs :default :default Exception) e
           (is (:disallowed (ex-data e))))))))
     ;; should not produce: ["SELECT foo, bar FROM mytable ORDER BY foo; select * from users"]