diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0e976e982..e748605ec 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Imports:
     whisker,
     withr (>= 2.4.3),
     xml2 (>= 1.3.1),
-    yaml
+    yaml (>= 2.3.9)
 Suggests:
     covr,
     diffviewer,