diff --git a/R-package/DESCRIPTION b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
index cc1c22087c6f..7fec935f6a0e 100644
--- a/R-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ Imports:
     data.table (>= 1.9),
     magrittr (>= 1.5),
     stringr,
-    DiagrammeR
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+    DiagrammeR,
+    vcd