diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 82f3b652..cb5aa2b2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: tidybulk
 Title: Brings transcriptomics to the tidyverse 
-Version: 1.15.9
+Version: 1.17.1
 Authors@R: c(person("Stefano", "Mangiola", email = "mangiolastefano@gmail.com",
                   role = c("aut", "cre")),
             person("Maria", "Doyle", email = "Maria.Doyle@petermac.org",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description: This is a collection of utility functions that allow
     a modular, pipe-friendly and tidy fashion.
 License: GPL-3
 Depends:
-    R (>= 4.1.0),
+    R (>= 4.4.0),
     ttservice (>= 0.3.6)
 Imports:
     tibble,