diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index d6b257aa..56b24299 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
-          needs: check, tests
+          needs: check
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index d93b2910..0d31c53a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
-          needs: coverage, tests
+          needs: coverage
 
       - name: Test coverage
         run: |
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9f3fe4dc..5e557bf6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ LinkingTo:
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 Config/roxygen2/version: 8.1.0
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
-Config/Needs/tests: cran/survMisc
+Config/Needs/coverage: cran/survMisc