diff --git a/dependencies.R b/dependencies.R
index 3a830a2..cb8ed4f 100755
--- a/dependencies.R
+++ b/dependencies.R
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env Rscript
 
+# Install remotes
+install.packages("remotes")
+
 # Install latest ackages from Github
 # Requires dev version of covr (>= 3.5.1.9003)
 # Also install other package dependencies (for tests)
 github_packages <- c(
-    "r-lib/covr",
-    "pharmaR/riskmetric",
-    "Genentech/covtracer"
+    "https://github.com/r-lib/covr.git",
+    "https://github.com/pharmaR/riskmetric.git",
+    "https://github.com/Genentech/covtracer.git"
 )
-lapply(github_packages, remotes::install_github)
+lapply(github_packages, remotes::install_git) # avoid API rate limiting
 
 # CRAN
 options(repos = c("https://cloud.r-project.org/"))
diff --git a/report-generator.R b/report-generator.R
index 7a48b92..3ab2f19 100755
--- a/report-generator.R
+++ b/report-generator.R
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ if (!file.exists(desc_file)) {
 }
 
 # Install package dependencies
+install.packages("devtools")
+
 if (!disable_install_dev_deps) {
     options("remotes.git_credentials" = git2r::cred_user_pass(
         username = "token",