diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cd688af2b..aae2c615e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: see
 Title: Model Visualisation Toolbox for 'easystats' and 'ggplot2'
-Version: 0.9.0.8
+Version: 0.9.0.9
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Imports:
     ggplot2 (>= 3.5.1),
     insight (>= 0.20.5),
     modelbased (>= 0.8.9),
+    patchwork (>= 1.2.0),
     parameters (>= 0.23.0),
     performance (>= 0.12.4)
 Suggests:
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@ Suggests:
     metafor,
     NbClust,
     nFactors,
-    patchwork (>= 1.2.0),
     poorman,
     psych,
     qqplotr (>= 0.0.6),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d18966bfa..9a6fbd7a1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 - `plot()` for `simulate_parameters()` now better copes with models that have
   multiple response levels (e.g. multinomial models).
+  
+- Gains `{patchwork}` as a hard dependency given its importance for the package.
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/man/see-package.Rd b/man/see-package.Rd
index 33bc37094..e9b77f807 100644
--- a/man/see-package.Rd
+++ b/man/see-package.Rd
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ Useful links:
 
 }
 \author{
-\strong{Maintainer}: Indrajeet Patil \email{patilindrajeet.science@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1995-6531}{ORCID}) (@patilindrajeets)
+\strong{Maintainer}: Indrajeet Patil \email{patilindrajeet.science@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1995-6531}{ORCID})
 
 Authors:
 \itemize{
-  \item Daniel Lüdecke \email{d.luedecke@uke.de} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-3206}{ORCID}) (@strengejacke) [contributor]
-  \item Dominique Makowski \email{dom.makowski@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-9967}{ORCID}) (@Dom_Makowski) [inventor]
-  \item Mattan S. Ben-Shachar \email{matanshm@post.bgu.ac.il} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4287-4801}{ORCID}) (@mattansb) [contributor]
+  \item Daniel Lüdecke \email{d.luedecke@uke.de} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-3206}{ORCID}) [contributor]
+  \item Dominique Makowski \email{dom.makowski@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-9967}{ORCID}) [inventor]
+  \item Mattan S. Ben-Shachar \email{matanshm@post.bgu.ac.il} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4287-4801}{ORCID}) [contributor]
   \item Brenton M. Wiernik \email{brenton@wiernik.org} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-6336}{ORCID}) [contributor]
   \item Philip Waggoner \email{philip.waggoner@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7825-7573}{ORCID}) [contributor]
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Other contributors:
 \itemize{
   \item Jeffrey R. Stevens \email{jeffrey.r.stevens@gmail.com} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-1360}{ORCID}) [contributor]
   \item Matthew Smith \email{M.Smith3@napier.ac.uk} (@SmithMatt90) [reviewer]
-  \item Jakob Bossek \email{bossek@wi.uni-muenster.de} (@BossekJakob) [reviewer]
+  \item Jakob Bossek \email{bossek@wi.uni-muenster.de} [reviewer]
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index bbb2a54f1..52820ceb9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# graphics engine changed in R 4.3, and so snapshots generated on
-# previous R version won't work with later R releases
-if (require("testthat", quietly = TRUE) && require("vdiffr", quietly = TRUE) && getRversion() >= "4.4.0") {
+# graphics engine changed in R 4.4, and so snapshots generated on
+# previous R version won't work
+if (getRversion() >= "4.4.0") {
   library(testthat)
   library(see)