diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4d96289388..1549254a05 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Config/Needs/verdepcheck:
     yihui/knitr,
     bioc::MultiAssayExperiment,
     r-lib/R6,
+    rstudio/rmarkdown,
     rstudio/shinyvalidate,
     insightsengineering/teal.code,
     r-lib/testthat,