diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8f824f9d..4f6ae81d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Imports:
     methods,
     progressr,
     Rcpp (>= 1.0.5),
-    sp,
+    sp (>= 1.5.0),
     rgeos,
     rlang (>= 0.4.7),
     stats,