diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 406ba88..28eef16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -22,20 +22,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
-
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          # Use 3.6 to trigger usage of RTools35
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
-          # use 4.1 to check with rtools40's older compiler
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
-
+          - {os: macos-latest,    r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest,  r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-3'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-4'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -52,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
-          r-version: '4.2.2'
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
           http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
           use-public-rspm: true
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 62e7b02..8195fab 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Description: A toy Shiny app to query a database in which sensory data are
     enable sensory analysts and panel leaders to spend less time preparing
     reports, and add more value to their work.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
-Depends: 
-    R (>= 2.10)
+Depends:
+    R (>= 4.3)
 Imports: 
     bslib,
     config,