diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
index dd8d4f9b1..dc9da605c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           library(traits.build)
           source("R/custom_R_code.R")
-          dataset_test(dir("data")[1])
+          dataset_test(dir("data"))
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: build austraits
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8160e864d..bdb59397f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ License: BSD_2_clause + file LICENCE
 Depends:
     R (>= 4.2.0),
     base,
-    traits.build (>= 1.0.0),
+    traits.build (>= 1.0.1),
     dplyr,
     lubridate,
     stringr,
     furrr
 Remotes:
-    traitecoevo/traits.build@v1.0.0
+    traitecoevo/traits.build@v1.0.1
 Encoding: UTF-8
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 RoxygenNote: 7.2.3