diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 98dabd6ad06c4afc0d409099f234725053cba7f8..0492186bda3b08f64f7554927f06942a8ae43bbc 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ Description: Exploits dynamical seasonal forecasts in order to provide
     Van Schaeybroeck et al. (2019) <doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812372-0.00010-8>.
     Yiou et al. (2013) <doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1626-3>.
 Depends:
-    R (>= 3.4.2),
+    R (>= 3.4.0),
     maps
 Imports:
     s2dverification,
     rainfarmr,
-    multiApply,
+    multiApply (>= 2.1.1),
     qmap,
     ClimProjDiags,
     ncdf4,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d21702a5ff08aeada6a6eabd59286057eaef1c67..4144a7071909d45e85adb7839f53a9ac5e7e601d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     + Calibration function is exposed to users
     + MultiMetric vignette fixed typo text description
     + RainFARM checks 'slope' is not a vector
+    + DESCRIPTION specifies the minimum multiApply version required
 
 
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