diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f48b84d2..c13f136c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Imports:
     collections,
     DBI,
     dplyr (>= 1.1.3),
-    duckdb (>= 0.8.1-3),
+    duckdb (>= 0.8.1-9000),
     glue,
     lifecycle,
     purrr,
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Suggests:
     styler,
     testthat (>= 3.1.5),
     withr
+Remotes: 
+    duckdb/duckdb-r
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Config/testthat/parallel: false
 Config/testthat/start-first: as_duckplyr_df, mutate, filter, count-tally