diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 895c0ce69..5c1d88115 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ Suggests:
     bslib,
     covr,
     dplyr (>= 1.0.5),
-    knitr (>= 1.34),
+    knitr (>= 1.42),
     MultiAssayExperiment,
     R6,
-    rmarkdown (>= 2.19),
     shinyvalidate,
     teal.code (>= 0.3.0.9009),
     testthat (>= 3.1.5),
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ Config/Needs/verdepcheck:
     yihui/knitr,
     bioc::MultiAssayExperiment,
     r-lib/R6,
-    rstudio/rmarkdown,
     rstudio/shinyvalidate,
     insightsengineering/teal.code,
     r-lib/testthat,