diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index dd01e0b31..46df965f7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Suggests:
     AER,
     afex,
     aod,
-    BayesFactor,
+    BayesFactor (>= 0.9.12-4.7),
     BayesFM,
     bbmle,
     betareg,
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ Suggests:
     rms,
     rstanarm,
     sandwich,
-    see (>= 0.8.0),
+    see (>= 0.8.1),
     sparsepca,
     survey,
     survival,
-    testthat,
+    testthat (>= 3.2.1),
     tidyselect,
     tinytable,
     TMB,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-glmmTMB.R b/tests/testthat/test-glmmTMB.R
index 45f5f6902..fcfb533db 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-glmmTMB.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-glmmTMB.R
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ withr::with_options(
 
     # proper alignment of CIs ---------------------
     test_that("print-model_parameters glmmTMB CI alignment", {
+      skip_if_not_installed("curl")
       skip_if_offline()
       skip_on_os(c("mac", "linux", "solaris"))
       skip_if_not(getRversion() < "4.3.0")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.aov.R b/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.aov.R
index a0d76bf7a..42e5d2b41 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.aov.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.aov.R
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ test_that("model_parameters.anova", {
 
 
 test_that("model_parameters.anova", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("curl")
   skip_if_offline()
   skip_if_not_installed("httr")
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-p_value.R b/tests/testthat/test-p_value.R
index 85d2b0e06..1dd0ad900 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-p_value.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-p_value.R
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ test_that("p_value", {
 skip_on_cran()
 
 test_that("p_value", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("curl")
   skip_if_offline()
   skip_if_not_installed("httr")
   skip_if_not_installed("lme4")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-posterior.R b/tests/testthat/test-posterior.R
index a874f0411..99d6e6320 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-posterior.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-posterior.R
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("curl")
 skip_if_offline()
 skip_if_not_installed("posterior")
 skip_if_not_installed("brms")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-printing-stan.R b/tests/testthat/test-printing-stan.R
index e4a427084..ab69dc859 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-printing-stan.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-printing-stan.R
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("curl")
 skip_if_offline()
 skip_on_cran()
 skip_if_not_installed("brms")