diff --git a/apis/r/DESCRIPTION b/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
index 40d82109ed..938763e6e5 100644
--- a/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Imports:
     Matrix,
     stats,
     bit64,
-    tiledb (>= 0.25.0), tiledb (< 0.26.0),
+    tiledb (>= 0.25.0), tiledb (<= 0.25.0.5)
     arrow,
     utils,
     fs,