diff --git a/bin/dependencies.R b/bin/dependencies.R
index 676b05055..ad5afe78d 100644
--- a/bin/dependencies.R
+++ b/bin/dependencies.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-install_required_packages <- function(lib = NULL, repos = getOption("repos")) {
+install_required_packages <- function(lib = NULL, repos = getOption("repos", default = c(CRAN = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"))) {
 
   if (is.null(lib)) {
     lib <- .libPaths()