diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
index b752a49b1c..f2ddf68626 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        test-strategy: ["min", "release", "max"]
+        test-strategy: ["min_cohort", "min_isolated", "release", "max"]
     uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml@main
     name: Dependency Test - ${{ matrix.test-strategy }} 🔢
     secrets:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index efbc889da3..c948c665f0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -31,29 +31,29 @@ Depends:
     tern (>= 0.9.3)
 Imports:
     assertthat,
-    broom,
-    checkmate,
-    dplyr,
-    DT,
+    broom (>= 0.7.10),
+    checkmate (>= 2.1.0),
+    dplyr (>= 1.0.5),
+    DT (>= 0.13),
     formatters (>= 0.5.5),
     ggplot2 (>= 3.4.0),
     ggrepel,
     grid,
-    lifecycle,
+    lifecycle (>= 0.2.0),
     logger (>= 0.2.0),
-    magrittr,
+    magrittr (>= 1.5),
     methods,
-    rlang,
+    rlang (>= 1.0.0),
     rlistings (>= 0.2.7),
-    rmarkdown,
+    rmarkdown (>= 2.19),
     rtables (>= 0.6.6),
     scales,
-    shiny,
+    shiny (>= 1.6.0),
     shinyjs,
     shinyvalidate,
-    shinyWidgets,
+    shinyWidgets (>= 0.5.1),
     stats,
-    styler,
+    styler (>= 1.2.0),
     teal.code(>= 0.4.1.9009),
     teal.data (>= 0.3.0.9018),
     teal.logger (>= 0.1.1),
@@ -61,17 +61,56 @@ Imports:
     teal.widgets (>= 0.4.0),
     tern.gee (>= 0.1.3),
     tern.mmrm (>= 0.3.0),
-    tidyr,
+    tidyr (>= 0.8.3),
     utils,
     vistime
 Suggests:
     forcats,
-    knitr,
-    lubridate,
+    knitr (>= 1.34),
+    lubridate (>= 1.7.9),
     nestcolor (>= 0.1.0),
     testthat (>= 3.1.5)
 VignetteBuilder:
     knitr
+Config/Needs/verdepcheck:
+    insightsengineering/teal,
+    insightsengineering/teal.transform,
+    insightsengineering/tern,
+    cran/assertthat,
+    tidymodels/broom,
+    mllg/checkmate,
+    tidyverse/dplyr,
+    rstudio/DT,
+    insightsengineering/formatters,
+    tidyverse/ggplot2,
+    slowkow/ggrepel,
+    r-lib/lifecycle,
+    daroczig/logger,
+    tidyverse/magrittr,
+    r-lib/rlang,
+    insightsengineering/rlistings,
+    rstudio/rmarkdown,
+    insightsengineering/rtables,
+    r-lib/scales,
+    rstudio/shiny,
+    daattali/shinyjs,
+    rstudio/shinyvalidate,
+    dreamRs/shinyWidgets,
+    r-lib/styler,
+    insightsengineering/teal.code,
+    insightsengineering/teal.data,
+    insightsengineering/teal.logger,
+    insightsengineering/teal.reporter,
+    insightsengineering/teal.widgets,
+    insightsengineering/tern.gee,
+    insightsengineering/tern.mmrm,
+    tidyverse/tidyr,
+    shosaco/vistime,
+    tidyverse/forcats,
+    yihui/knitr,
+    tidyverse/lubridate,
+    insightsengineering/nestcolor,
+    r-lib/testthat
 Config/Needs/website: insightsengineering/nesttemplate
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b00e860e6b..1d2698e282 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ### Miscellaneous
 * Deprecated the `aval` argument in `tm_t_pp_laboratory` and `tm_g_pp_vitals` and replaced it with the `aval_var` argument.
 * Deprecated the `avalu` argument in `tm_t_pp_laboratory` and replaced it with the `avalu_var` argument.
+* Specified minimal version of package dependencies.
 
 # teal.modules.clinical 0.8.16.9010
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 
 ### Enhancements
 * Updated all synthetic data for tests to version `rcd_2022_02_28`.
-* Updated all test files in `tests/testthat/` to `synthetic_cdisc_data("2022_02_28")` 
+* Updated all test files in `tests/testthat/` to `synthetic_cdisc_data("2022_02_28")`
 * Reverted missing data checkbox in `tm_t_summary` (encoding and filtering should be separate).
 * Implemented a new widget that allows dragging and dropping to select comparison groups.
 * Added the `teal.reporter` functionality to all modules.
@@ -329,8 +330,8 @@
 ### Miscellaneous
 * Removed redundant `Analysis Data:` label from Encodings Panel.
 * Removed limit requiring 15 or fewer columns for tabulation modules. New upper threshold is 100 columns.
-* Decreased the lower limit for number of observations required by modules. Safety tables require at least one record. 
-  Requirements for efficacy outputs per treatment group: `tm_a_mmrm` requires five records, `tm_t_logistic` and `tm_t_coxreg` require two records, and the remaining modules require at 
+* Decreased the lower limit for number of observations required by modules. Safety tables require at least one record.
+  Requirements for efficacy outputs per treatment group: `tm_a_mmrm` requires five records, `tm_t_logistic` and `tm_t_coxreg` require two records, and the remaining modules require at
   least one record per treatment group. For graphs, the lower threshold is two records.
 * Removed argument `cnsr_val` from `tm_t_events_patyear` and added new argument `events_var`.
 * `arm_ref_comp_observer` to include `parentname` argument.