diff --git a/textproc/R-openxlsx/Makefile b/textproc/R-openxlsx/Makefile
index c3089a969565..55e18c90fcb1 100644
--- a/textproc/R-openxlsx/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-openxlsx/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2019/08/08 19:53:57 brook Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2021/09/08 13:38:35 mef Exp $
 
 R_PKGNAME=	openxlsx
-R_PKGVER=	4.1.0.1
+R_PKGVER=	4.2.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ COMMENT=	Read, write and edit XLSX files
 LICENSE=	mit
 
 DEPENDS+=	R-zip>=2.0.3:../../archivers/R-zip
+DEPENDS+=	R-stringi-[0-9]*:../../textproc/R-stringi
+
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	R-knitr-[0-9]*:../../print/R-knitr
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	R-testthat-[0-9]*:../../devel/R-testthat
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	R-roxygen2-[0-9]*:../../devel/R-roxygen2
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	R-rmarkdown-[0-9]*:../../textproc/R-rmarkdown
 
 USE_LANGUAGES=	c c++
 
diff --git a/textproc/R-openxlsx/distinfo b/textproc/R-openxlsx/distinfo
index 6de59ad9dd26..b452be6fd5ee 100644
--- a/textproc/R-openxlsx/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-openxlsx/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.1 2019/07/31 13:48:46 brook Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.2 2021/09/08 13:38:35 mef Exp $
 
-SHA1 (R/openxlsx_4.1.0.1.tar.gz) = 89d19396ccfeb8acc44a092dc5636e460003c20c
-RMD160 (R/openxlsx_4.1.0.1.tar.gz) = 9dfd3db1a83f9d9bfae5d28c18c7f8f61a783295
-SHA512 (R/openxlsx_4.1.0.1.tar.gz) = 6f108d5ec654e005fc21ceeb829e22bbf8717eef6aa36d8f13baf7165da9c4c641acb1bda6471647255043b93eff3f1793562e7b8bc3135d49f71806654f9641
-Size (R/openxlsx_4.1.0.1.tar.gz) = 1458738 bytes
+SHA1 (R/openxlsx_4.2.4.tar.gz) = 7cbb7ec7ed0d8f875876a93d11d3c129c57f4615
+RMD160 (R/openxlsx_4.2.4.tar.gz) = afaa4e5deb029ca4594e05e68922713769496551
+SHA512 (R/openxlsx_4.2.4.tar.gz) = 72832cc23c4dd920298078715d337e1b950ca6dd85a96f607fe11dc5a1b01092415cb118106fe441f63deb68b35d6f4c541f5ecefa2ee2e604cbe02a23673f67
+Size (R/openxlsx_4.2.4.tar.gz) = 1322279 bytes