diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
index 9772b46..3eaee59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
@@ -30,16 +30,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          working-direcotry: docs/
 
       - name: Install Python packages
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip -r docs/requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Install R packages
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          install.packages(c('dplyr', 'glue', 'here', 'knitr', 'rmarkdown', 'tidyr', 'yaml'))
-
       - name: prerender
         run: |
           python docs/create-listings.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 884e546..17984d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -312,13 +312,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          working-direcotry: docs/
       - name: Install Python packages
         run: |
           pip install --upgrade pip -r docs/requirements.txt
-      - name: Install R packages
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          install.packages(c('dplyr', 'glue', 'here', 'knitr', 'rmarkdown', 'tidyr', 'yaml'))
       - name: prerender
         run: |
           python docs/create-listings.py
diff --git a/docs/DESCRIPTION b/docs/DESCRIPTION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52fd67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Depends:
+  - R (>= 4.0.0)
+Imports:
+  - dplyr
+  - glue
+  - here
+  - knitr
+  - rmarkdown
+  - tidyr
+  - yaml