diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0ee5912bc..ae63aff58 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Depends:
 Imports: 
     bslib (>= 0.3.1),
     callr (>= 3.7.3),
-    cli,
+    cli (>= 3.6.1),
     desc (>= 1.4.0),
     digest,
     downlit (>= 0.4.0),