diff --git a/testing/external/Makefile b/testing/external/Makefile
index 78d28ffbd2..5733bc7db0 100644
--- a/testing/external/Makefile
+++ b/testing/external/Makefile
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ coverage:
 update-timing:
 	@for repo in $(REPOS); do ( cd $$repo && echo "Updating timing for '$$repo' repo:" && make update-timing ); done
 
-sync-commits:
+update-commit-hashes sync-commits:
 	for repo in $(REPOS); do ./scripts/sync-commit $$repo; done
 
-sync-repos:
+checkout-repos sync-repos:
 	for repo in $(REPOS); do ./scripts/sync-repo $$repo; done
 
 .PHONY: all brief init pull push status coverage
diff --git a/testing/external/README b/testing/external/README
index 07d46250dc..eadae27a3e 100644
--- a/testing/external/README
+++ b/testing/external/README
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ the local Zeek codebase to a particular version of the testsuites. Normally we'd
 use git submodules, but cloning the testsuites with the rest of the distribution
 isn't always desirable or feasible. We resort to "manual submodules": a file
 "commit-hash.<testsuite-name>" in this directory contains the commit hash to use
-for the respective testsuite. The Makefile target "sync-repos" brings the local
-repositories in line with commit files, while "sync-commits" updates the commit
-files for locally available testsuites to their HEAD commits.
+for the respective testsuite. The Makefile target "checkout-repos" brings the local
+repositories in line with the commit files, while "update-commit-hashes" updates
+the commit files for locally available testsuites to their HEAD commits.
 
 Updating Baseline
 -----------------
diff --git a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-cluster b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-cluster
index 6b438f807e..75d29138eb 100644
--- a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-cluster
+++ b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-cluster
@@ -1 +1 @@
-70917cba506aba0816cddadd06f3d0ef16551dee
+f401bfa28f40559969f6b1ba0eb2626af77d7064