diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 457cd1b..5f4754c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ RUN . /etc/environment \
     git2r \
     fastcluster \
     progress \
+    remotes \
   # r packages versions
-  && R -e "install_version('sf', version = '0.9-6', dependencies= T)" \
-  && R -e "install_version('lwgeom', version = '0.2-5', dependencies= T)" \
-  && R -e "install_version('dplyr', version = '1.0.2', dependencies= T)" \
+  && R -e "remotes::install_version('sf', version = '0.9-6', dependencies= T)" \
+  && R -e "remotes::install_version('lwgeom', version = '0.2-5', dependencies= T)" \
+  && R -e "remotes::install_version('dplyr', version = '1.0.2', dependencies= T)" \
   # build this compendium package
   && R -e "devtools::install('/mininglucc', dep=TRUE)" \
   # render the scripts