diff --git a/.github/workflows/CRAN-R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/CRAN-R-CMD-check.yaml
index cae83ca..86fd704 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CRAN-R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CRAN-R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
+      - name: Install dimRed versions
+        run: |
+          # Temp due to dimRed removal from CRAN
+          try(pak::pkg_install("gdkrmr/dimRed"))
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
 
       - name: Notify slack fail
diff --git a/.github/workflows/GH-R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/GH-R-CMD-check.yaml
index a23c081..12cca88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/GH-R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/GH-R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -82,14 +82,8 @@ jobs:
             "tidymodels/poissonreg",
             "tidymodels/rules"
           )))
-          try(pak::pkg_install(c(
-            "tidymodels/dials",
-            "tidymodels/hardhat",
-            "tidymodels/modeldata",
-            "tidymodels/rsample",
-            "tidymodels/spatialsample",
-            "tidymodels/yardstick"
-          )))
+          # Temp due to dimRed removal from CRAN
+          try(pak::pkg_install("gdkrmr/dimRed"))
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c643204..b5bcdf0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Authors@R: c(
 Description: A place for units tests that depend on multiple packages.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Depends: 
-    tidymodels
+    tidymodels,
+    pak
 Suggests: 
     aorsf,
     baguette,
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ Suggests:
     conflicted,
     coin,
     dials,
-    dimRed,
     discrim,
     doParallel,
     dplyr,
diff --git a/extratests.Rproj b/extratests.Rproj
index 766b3b2..11d4b28 100644
--- a/extratests.Rproj
+++ b/extratests.Rproj
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Version: 1.0
+ProjectId: 37f7ffa9-f646-46cc-bcc2-5afbe8d7ca41
 
 RestoreWorkspace: No
 SaveWorkspace: No