diff --git a/.ci/azure/install-dependencies.yaml b/.ci/azure/install-dependencies.yaml
index e43404df8d..233e0589ef 100644
--- a/.ci/azure/install-dependencies.yaml
+++ b/.ci/azure/install-dependencies.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 steps:
-  - script: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("Rcpp", "nanotime", "tinytest", "curl", "bit64", "knitr", "rmarkdown", "minidown", "palmerpenguins"))'
+  - script: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("Rcpp", "nanotime", "tinytest", "curl", "bit64", "knitr", "rmarkdown", "minidown", "Matrix", "palmerpenguins", "nycflights13", "tibble", "data.table"))'
     displayName: 'Install dependencies'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
index 9f24c82f02..bb88cc93c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           setRepositories(ind = 1:2)
           install.packages(c("remotes", "rcmdcheck"))
           remotes::install_deps(dependencies = NA)
+          install.packages(c("Matrix", "palmerpenguins", "nycflights13", "tibble", "data.table"))
         shell: Rscript {0}
         env:
           R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d7462ef624..6d8df6413b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SystemRequirements: cmake (only when TileDB source build selected),
  option to build or download was specified by the user.
 Imports: methods, Rcpp, nanotime
 LinkingTo: Rcpp
-Suggests: tinytest, rmarkdown, knitr, minidown, curl, bit64, Matrix, palmerpenguins, data.table, tibble
+Suggests: tinytest, rmarkdown, knitr, minidown, curl, bit64, Matrix, palmerpenguins, nycflights13, data.table, tibble
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.1.1