diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f08607e4..ea70dfd1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Suggests:
   arrow (>= 3.0.0),
   bs4Dash (>= 2.0.0),
   clustermq (>= 0.9.2),
-  crew (>= 0.8.0.9003),
+  crew (>= 0.9.0),
   curl (>= 4.3),
   DT (>= 0.14),
   dplyr (>= 1.0.0),
diff --git a/R/tar_make.R b/R/tar_make.R
index 738c36bd..72be3bed 100644
--- a/R/tar_make.R
+++ b/R/tar_make.R
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ tar_make_inner <- function(
       envir = tar_option_get("envir")
     )$run()
   } else {
-    tar_assert_package("crew (>= 0.8.0.9003)")
+    tar_assert_package("crew (>= 0.9.0)")
     crew_init(
       pipeline = pipeline,
       meta = meta_init(path_store = path_store),
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-class_crew.R b/tests/testthat/test-class_crew.R
index 419d7b13..b26f71f9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-class_crew.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-class_crew.R
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 tar_test("crew$validate()", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   controller <- crew::crew_controller_local(
     host = "127.0.0.1",
     seconds_interval = 0.5
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tar_test("crew database subkey", {
 
 tar_test("workerless deployment works", {
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   tar_runtime$fun <- "tar_make"
   tar_option_set(backoff = tar_backoff(min = 0.5, max = 0.5))
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ tar_test("semi-workerless deployment works", {
   skip_cran()
   skip_on_os("windows")
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   crew_test_sleep()
   tar_runtime$fun <- "tar_make"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ tar_test("some targets up to date, some not", {
   skip_cran()
   skip_on_os("windows")
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   tar_runtime$fun <- "tar_make"
   tar_option_set(backoff = tar_backoff(min = 0.5, max = 0.5))
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ tar_test("crew algo can skip targets", {
   skip_cran()
   skip_on_os("windows")
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   tar_runtime$fun <- "tar_make"
   tar_option_set(backoff = tar_backoff(min = 0.5, max = 0.5))
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ tar_test("nontrivial common data", {
   skip_cran()
   skip_on_os("windows")
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   tar_runtime$fun <- "tar_make"
   tar_option_set(backoff = tar_backoff(min = 0.5, max = 0.5))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-tar_make.R b/tests/testthat/test-tar_make.R
index c566e0be..e884c2b3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-tar_make.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-tar_make.R
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tar_test("tar_make() works", {
 tar_test("tar_make() works with crew", {
   skip_on_os("windows")
   skip_on_os("solaris")
-  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.8.0.9003")
+  skip_if_not_installed("crew", minimum_version = "0.9.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("R.utils")
   should_skip <- identical(tolower(Sys.info()[["sysname"]]), "windows") &&
     isTRUE(as.logical(Sys.getenv("CI")))