diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
index b752a49..65d96f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
@@ -5,14 +5,20 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '45 3 * * 0'
   workflow_dispatch:
+  # Section to be removed before action is merged
+  #  note: branch below needs to point to main instead of new-verdepcheck-strategy
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - verdepcheck_action
+  # end of section to be removed
 
 jobs:
   dependency-test:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        test-strategy: ["min", "release", "max"]
-    uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml@main
+        test-strategy: ["min_cohort", "min_isolated", "release", "max"]
+    uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml@new-verdepcheck-strategy # Change back to "@main"
     name: Dependency Test - ${{ matrix.test-strategy }} 🔢
     secrets:
       REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 08502a3..597216b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,18 +21,23 @@ BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/nestcolor/issues
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.6)
 Imports:
-    checkmate,
+    checkmate (> 2.1.0),
     ggplot2 (>= 3.4.0),
-    lifecycle
+    lifecycle (>= 0.1.0)
 Suggests:
-    knitr,
-    rmarkdown,
-    testthat (>= 2.0)
+    knitr (>= 1.34),
+    rmarkdown (>= 1.11),
+    testthat (>= 3.0.4)
 VignetteBuilder:
     knitr
 RdMacros:
     lifecycle
-biocViews:
+Config/Needs/verdepcheck:
+    mllg/checkmate,
+    tidyverse/ggplot2,
+    r-lib/lifecycle,
+    yihui/knitr,
+    r-lib/testthat
 Config/Needs/website: insightsengineering/nesttemplate
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Language: en-US
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6bfe685..da5525a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # nestcolor 0.1.2.9001
 
-* In development
+* Specify minimal version of dependent packages.
 
 # nestcolor 0.1.2