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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org, https://github.com/tidyverse/ggplot2
 BugReports: https://github.com/tidyverse/ggplot2/issues
 Depends:
-    R (>= 3.5)
+    R (>= 4.0)
 Imports: 
     cli,
     glue,