diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94be2898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+name: R CMD check
+'on':
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * MON'
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            libjpeg-dev \
+            libpng-dev
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
+      - uses: uclahs-cds/tool-R-CMD-check-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-lib-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/r-lib-check.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 184c71c1..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/r-lib-check.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-name: R-CMD-check (r-lib)
-'on':
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * MON'
-jobs:
-  R-CMD-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
-      - uses: uclahs-cds/tool-R-CMD-check-action@CEV
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f95f394c..788c30c3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: CancerEvolutionVisualization
 Title: Publication Quality Phylogenetic Tree Plots
 Version: 3.0.0
-Date: 2025-04-09
+Date: 2025-06-13
 Authors@R: c(
 	person("Paul Boutros", role = "cre", email = "PBoutros@mednet.ucla.edu"),
 	person("Adriana Salcedo", role = "aut"),
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Imports:
     BoutrosLab.plotting.general
 Suggests:
     testthat,
+	rmarkdown,
 	knitr
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 LazyLoad: yes
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 82b8f3d7..8ececee4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# CancerEvolutionVisualization 3.0.0 (2025-04-09)
+# CancerEvolutionVisualization 3.0.0 (2025-06-13)
 
 ## Added
 * Dendrogram mode
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 * Add support for 1xn and 1x1 heatmaps.
 * Add `get.colours.in.order` function to get a list of colours and corresponding clone ID order.
 * Add `sample.order` and `clone.order` as input parameters to `create.cluster.heatmap`
+* Suggest rmarkdown dependency for rendering vignettes 
 
 ## Update
 * Fixed angle calculation bug where child angles do not follow
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 * Updated the user guide to reflect new features.
 * Fix bug where the x-axis only renders when y-axis is also rendered.
 * Fix issue when creating polygons with more than 2 siblings
+* Use updated `R CMD check` CI/CD action
 
 ## Bug
 * Resolved issue where the spread parameter was not applied in dendrogram mode.