diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1e7ff465..4643e716 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ByteCompile: yes
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Depends: R (>= 3.0.0)
 Imports: backports (>= 1.1.0), utils
-Suggests: R6, fastmatch, data.table (>= 1.9.8), devtools, ggplot2,
+Suggests: R6, fastmatch, data.table (>= 1.9.8), remotes, ggplot2,
         knitr, magrittr, microbenchmark, rmarkdown, testthat (>=
         3.0.4), tinytest (>= 1.1.0), tibble
 License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 437b75fd..66b68de3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ For the stable release, just install the latest version from [CRAN](https://cran
 install.packages("checkmate")
 ```
 
-For the development version, use [devtools](https://cran.r-project.org/package=devtools):
+For the development version, use [remotes](https://cran.r-project.org/package=remotes):
 
 ```r
-devtools::install_github("mllg/checkmate")
+remotes::install_github("mllg/checkmate")
 ```
 
 ## Resources
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_include.R b/tests/testthat/test_include.R
index 04c8ef47..b2d57034 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_include.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_include.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ context("registered c functions")
 test_that("include of registered C functions works", {
   skip_on_cran()
   skip_on_travis()
-  devtools::install_github("mllg/checkmate-test-include")
+  remotes::install_github("mllg/checkmate-test-include")
   library(checkmate.test.include)
 
   expect_true(reexported_qtest(1, "N1"))