diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a9bc483..8abc665b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- R binding: declare `Depends: R (>= 2.10)`, clearing the `R CMD check` warning
+  ("package needs dependence on R (>= 2.10)") that the bundled, lazy-loaded
+  `sample_ohlcv` dataset triggers on r-universe / CRAN.
 
 ## [0.8.7] - 2026-06-11
 ### Added
diff --git a/bindings/r/DESCRIPTION b/bindings/r/DESCRIPTION
index 9b238a1a..84f5111d 100644
--- a/bindings/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/bindings/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SystemRequirements: the Wickra C ABI shared library, downloaded automatically at
     Set WICKRA_INCLUDE_DIR and WICKRA_LIB_DIR to build against a locally built C
     ABI instead (e.g. after `cargo build -p wickra-c --release`).
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
+Depends: R (>= 2.10)
 Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 LazyData: true