diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9661f50..4d0b04f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Imports:
     irlba (>= 2.3.5),
     clue (>= 0.3),
     ciftiTools (>= 0.16),
-    parallel (>= 4.4.0)
+    parallel (>= 4.1)
 Depends: 
     R (>= 4.1.0)
 LazyData: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abc8266..d1bd075 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following R packages are required:
 - irlba (>= 2.3.5),
 - clue (>= 0.3),
 - ciftiTools (>= 0.16),
-- parallel (>= 4.4.0),
+- parallel (>= 4.1),
 - devtools
 
 You can install them by running this code: