diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 8dfd454..d628e01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v1
         with:
-          extra-packages: rcmdcheck, optparse, magick, BiocManager
+          extra-packages: rcmdcheck, optparse, magick, BiocManager, devtools
 
 
       - name: Install BiocCheck
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Debug
         if: matrix.config.os == 'windows-latest' && matrix.config.bioc == 'devel'
         run: |
-          install.packages("devtools")
           devtools::load_all()
           m <- matrix(rnorm(2000), ncol=20)
           out <- fitsne(m, random_state = 42L)