diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b83191e..43fc765 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ composer require spatie/laravel-sitemap
 
 The package will automatically register itself.
 
+If you intend to use the crawler to generate your sitemap using `SitemapGenerator::create(...)`, you also need to install the [Spatie's Crawler](https://github.com/spatie/crawler) package:
+
+``` bash
+composer require spatie/crawler
+```
+
 If you want to update your sitemap automatically and frequently you need to perform [some extra steps](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-sitemap#generating-the-sitemap-frequently).
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 983bf15..a3edb3b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8",
         "illuminate/support": "^10.0|^11.0",
         "nesbot/carbon": "^2.71|^3.0",
-        "spatie/crawler": "^8.0.1",
-        "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.16.1",
-        "symfony/dom-crawler": "^6.3.4|^7.0"
+        "spatie/laravel-package-tools": "^1.16.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.6.6",
         "orchestra/testbench": "^8.14|^9.0",
         "pestphp/pest": "^2.24",
+        "spatie/crawler": "^8.4",
         "spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots": "^2.1",
         "spatie/phpunit-snapshot-assertions": "^5.1.2",
         "spatie/temporary-directory": "^2.2"
@@ -45,6 +44,9 @@
             ]
         }
     },
+    "suggest": {
+        "spatie/crawler": "Required to use the crawler feature"
+    },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Spatie\\Sitemap\\": "src"