diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yaml
index da9ae123..8bb1e408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   R-CMD-check:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/rocker/geospatial:4.4.1
 
     name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
 
@@ -33,14 +35,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
-          use-public-rspm: true
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 81bf5035..cbc05997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ name: Code coverage
 jobs:
   test-coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/rocker/geospatial:4.4.2
+
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          use-public-rspm: true
-
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::covr
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cccfb750..03a146f3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # CFAEpiNow2Pipeline v0.2.0
 
 ## Features
+* Updating R CMD check to use rocker image
 * Automate creation of outlier csv for nssp-elt-2/outliers
 * Fix 'latest' tag for CI
 * Updated path for read/write of data outliers