diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index 12bc7502e..35a8030b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ jobs:
 
           ## Workaround for problems with cached S4objects in binary packages
           BiocManager::install("GenomeInfoDb", force = TRUE, type = "source")
+          BiocManager::install("BiocParallel", force = TRUE, type = "source")
           BiocManager::install("S4Vectors", force = TRUE, type = "source")
           BiocManager::install("SummarizedExperiment", force = TRUE, type = "source")
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d63fae793..44f3546a7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ Suggests:
     multtest,
     MsBackendMgf,
     signal,
-    mgcv
+    mgcv,
+    RCurl
 Enhances:
     Rgraphviz,
     rgl