diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/nestcolor/issues
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.6)
 Imports:
-    checkmate (> 2.1.0),
+    checkmate (>= 2.1.0),
     ggplot2 (>= 3.4.0),
     lifecycle (>= 0.1.0)
 Suggests: