diff --git a/dev/templates/requirements.txt b/dev/templates/requirements.txt
index e977b99d..7901ac0e 100644
--- a/dev/templates/requirements.txt
+++ b/dev/templates/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pytables
 
 # these are the base r packages in the r-notebook image ( YOU PROBABLY WANT THESE IF YOUR TARGET IN DOCKER IS r_lang OR r_julia )
 # https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/00Index.html
-r-base=4.4.*
+r-base=4.2.*
 # https://github.com/topepo/caret/releases/tag/v6.0-93
 r-caret=6.*
 # https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/crayon/index.html
diff --git a/requirements/classes/test-j/requirements.txt b/requirements/classes/test-j/requirements.txt
index e977b99d..7901ac0e 100644
--- a/requirements/classes/test-j/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/classes/test-j/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pytables
 
 # these are the base r packages in the r-notebook image ( YOU PROBABLY WANT THESE IF YOUR TARGET IN DOCKER IS r_lang OR r_julia )
 # https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/00Index.html
-r-base=4.4.*
+r-base=4.2.*
 # https://github.com/topepo/caret/releases/tag/v6.0-93
 r-caret=6.*
 # https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/crayon/index.html
diff --git a/requirements/classes/test-r/requirements.txt b/requirements/classes/test-r/requirements.txt
index e977b99d..7901ac0e 100644
--- a/requirements/classes/test-r/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/classes/test-r/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pytables
 
 # these are the base r packages in the r-notebook image ( YOU PROBABLY WANT THESE IF YOUR TARGET IN DOCKER IS r_lang OR r_julia )
 # https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/00Index.html
-r-base=4.4.*
+r-base=4.2.*
 # https://github.com/topepo/caret/releases/tag/v6.0-93
 r-caret=6.*
 # https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/crayon/index.html
diff --git a/requirements/classes/test/requirements.txt b/requirements/classes/test/requirements.txt
index e977b99d..7901ac0e 100644
--- a/requirements/classes/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/classes/test/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pytables
 
 # these are the base r packages in the r-notebook image ( YOU PROBABLY WANT THESE IF YOUR TARGET IN DOCKER IS r_lang OR r_julia )
 # https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/00Index.html
-r-base=4.4.*
+r-base=4.2.*
 # https://github.com/topepo/caret/releases/tag/v6.0-93
 r-caret=6.*
 # https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/crayon/index.html