diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 0a2f8713..9c793110 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: |
             any::rcmdcheck
             any::Rcpp
+            any::withr
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9c39bbf4..a84ab084 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Imports:
 Suggests: 
     parallel,
     rmarkdown,
-    testthat (>= 3.0.0)
+    testthat (>= 3.0.0),
+    withr
 Depends: 
     R (>= 4.0)
 Config/testthat/edition: 3