diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://pkgdown.r-lib.org/, https://github.com/r-lib/pkgdown
 BugReports: https://github.com/r-lib/pkgdown/issues
 Depends:
-    R (>= 3.6)
+    R (>= 4.0.0)
 Imports:
     bslib (>= 0.5.1),
     callr (>= 3.7.3),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # pkgdown (development version)
 
+* pkgdown now depends on R >= 4.0.0 (#2714)
+
 # pkgdown 2.1.0
 
 ## Major changes