diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d6b2a434b..7983b0c8c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Suggests:
     curl,
     ggplot2,
     jsonlite,
-    knitr,
+    knitr (>= 1.49.0),
     lubridate,
     nanoarrow (>= 0.6.0),
     nycflights13,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/pkg-knitr.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/pkg-knitr.md
index 9fbea81cd..f26cd47e2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/pkg-knitr.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/pkg-knitr.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         white-space: pre-wrap;
       }
       </style>
-      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>&quot;a&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>&quot;b&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>&quot;c&quot;</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
+      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>"a"</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>"b"</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>"c"</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
       ```
 
 ---
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         white-space: pre-wrap;
       }
       </style>
-      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>&quot;a&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>&quot;b&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>&quot;c&quot;</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
+      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>"a"</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>"b"</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>"c"</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
       ```
 
 ---
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         white-space: pre-wrap;
       }
       </style>
-      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>&quot;a&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>&quot;b&quot;</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>&quot;c&quot;</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
+      <small>shape: (3, 2)</small><table border="1" class="dataframe"><thead><tr><th>a</th><th>b</th></tr><tr><td>i32</td><td>str</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>"a"</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>"b"</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>"c"</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-pkg-knitr.R b/tests/testthat/test-pkg-knitr.R
index ef35247fd..abedc3298 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-pkg-knitr.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-pkg-knitr.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 }
 
 test_that("Snapshot test of knitr", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("knitr")
+  skip_if_not_installed("knitr", "1.49.0")
   skip_if_not_installed("rmarkdown")
   skip_if_not_installed("pillar")
   skip_if_not_installed("nycflights13")