diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8d47105..6e02e0f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ License: See LICENSE.txt
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Imports:
-  xml2 (>= 1.3.2),
+  xml2 (>= 1.3.8),
   nmecr (>= 1.0.17),
+  rnoaa (>= 1.4.0),
   anytime
 RoxygenNote: 7.1.0
 Suggests:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12ae01e..7416b8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,19 @@ library(bsyncr)
 # example on using.
 ```
 
+## Testing
+
+Tests are automatically run on GitHub. To run locally, make sure to have R installed along with various dev packages.
+
+```bash
+Rscript setup_environment.R
+Rscript -e "testthat::test_dir('tests')"
+```
+
 ## Releasing new version
 
 - Create a branch with the prepared release change log.
+- Make sure the rnoaa and nmecr versions in `setup_environment.R` and ` are correct.
 - Update version in bsync.RProj and DESCRIPTION to the next correct semantic version
 - Make sure the DESCRIPTION has the correct version of the dependencies
 - For testing purposes, make sure the versions of NMECR and RNOAA are correct in the `setup_environment.R` script
diff --git a/setup_environment.R b/setup_environment.R
index 9c76b86..53000d8 100644
--- a/setup_environment.R
+++ b/setup_environment.R
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ for (pkg in required_packages) {
 
 # Install specific versions of GitHub packages
 cat("Installing GitHub packages...\n")
-remotes::install_github("ropensci/rnoaa@v1.3.4", upgrade = "never")
+remotes::install_github("ropensci/rnoaa@v1.4.0", upgrade = "never")
 remotes::install_github("kW-Labs/nmecr@v1.0.17", upgrade = "never")
 
 # Populate NOAA stations (required for rnoaa)