diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/Public-Health-Scotland/phsmethods,
     https://public-health-scotland.github.io/phsmethods/
 BugReports: https://github.com/Public-Health-Scotland/phsmethods/issues
 Depends:
-    R (>= 2.10)
+    R (>= 3.6.1)
 Imports:
     cli,
     dplyr,