diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
index b752a49b1..f2ddf6862 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 152cc40f0..2a69df786 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,37 +29,58 @@ URL: https://insightsengineering.github.io/teal.slice/,
 BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/teal.slice/issues
 Depends:
     R (>= 4.0),
-    shiny
+    shiny (>= 1.6.0)
 Imports:
     bslib (>= 0.4.0),
-    checkmate,
-    dplyr,
+    checkmate (>= 2.1.0),
+    dplyr (>= 1.0.5),
     grDevices,
-    htmltools,
+    htmltools (>= 0.5.4),
     jsonlite,
-    lifecycle,
+    lifecycle (>= 0.2.0),
     logger (>= 0.2.0),
     methods,
-    plotly,
-    R6,
-    shinycssloaders,
+    plotly (>= 4.9.2.2),
+    R6 (>= 2.2.0),
+    shinycssloaders (>= 1.0.0),
     shinyjs,
     shinyWidgets (>= 0.6.2),
     teal.data (>= 0.3.0),
     teal.logger (>= 0.1.1),
     teal.widgets (>= 0.4.0)
 Suggests:
-    knitr,
+    knitr (>= 1.42),
     MultiAssayExperiment,
-    rmarkdown,
     SummarizedExperiment,
     testthat (>= 3.1.5),
     utils,
-    withr
+    withr (>= 2.1.0)
 VignetteBuilder:
     knitr
 RdMacros:
     lifecycle
+Config/Needs/verdepcheck:
+    rstudio/shiny,
+    rstudio/bslib,
+    mllg/checkmate,
+    tidyverse/dplyr,
+    rstudio/htmltools,
+    jeroen/jsonlite,
+    r-lib/lifecycle,
+    daroczig/logger,
+    plotly/plotly,
+    r-lib/R6,
+    daattali/shinycssloaders,
+    daattali/shinyjs,
+    dreamRs/shinyWidgets,
+    insightsengineering/teal.data,
+    insightsengineering/teal.logger,
+    insightsengineering/teal.widgets,
+    yihui/knitr,
+    MultiAssayExperiment=bioc::MultiAssayExperiment,
+    SummarizedExperiment=bioc::SummarizedExperiment,
+    r-lib/testthat,
+    r-lib/withr
 Config/Needs/website: insightsengineering/nesttemplate
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Language: en-US
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c2e9c2ea8..6439fa1c7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # teal.slice 0.4.0.9013
 
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* Specified minimal version of package dependencies.
+
 # teal.slice 0.4.0
 
 ### New features