diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 466ea86647ab53406edd67c730dfd21f5452b752..858939e61525079e511ff62bffbb114992ca3d53 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ License: GPL-3 + file LICENSE
 LazyData: TRUE
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.4),
-    scater,
+    scater (>= 1.7.4),
     SingleCellExperiment
 Imports:
     akima,