diff --git a/tests/testthat/setup-options.R b/tests/testthat/setup-options.R
index bea4d39e8..6c644735b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/setup-options.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/setup-options.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ opts_partial_match_new <- list(
   warnPartialMatchAttr = TRUE
 )
 
-if (isFALSE(getFromNamespace("on_cran", "testthat")()) && require("withr")) {
+if (isFALSE(getFromNamespace("on_cran", "testthat")()) && requireNamespace("withr", quietly = TRUE)) {
   withr::local_options(
     opts_partial_match_new,
     .local_envir = testthat::teardown_env()