diff --git a/R-package/DESCRIPTION b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
index 0384fc599..63ed9581c 100644
--- a/R-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Depends:
 Imports:
     Matrix (>= 1.1-0),
     methods,
-    data.table (>= 1.9),
+    data.table (>= 1.9.4),
     magrittr (>= 1.5),
     stringr,
     DiagrammeR
diff --git a/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R b/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
index c60d9d96f..cdbaf3b2e 100644
--- a/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
+++ b/R-package/R/xgb.cv.R
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ xgb.cv <- function(params=list(), data, nrounds, nfold, label = NULL, missing =
     return(list(dt = dt,pred = predictValues))
   }
   return(dt)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}