diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index a137b930..09af8803 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -37,13 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
           http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
-          use-public-rspm: true
-
-      - name: Install macOS system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-        run: |
-          brew install curl-openssl
-          brew install zlib
+          use-public-rspm: false
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 526aaaba..1d9e377e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ Suggests:
 Config/testthat/edition: 2
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Remotes:  
-    github::Sage-Bionetworks/synapser
+    github::Sage-Bionetworks/synapser@*release