diff --git a/.github/workflows/hook-dependencies-update.yml b/.github/workflows/hook-dependencies-update.yml
index 0fcb8cf29..fe15ea385 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hook-dependencies-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hook-dependencies-update.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
           Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes'); remotes::install_github('r-hub/sysreqs')"
           sysreqs=$(Rscript -e "cat(sysreqs::sysreq_commands('DESCRIPTION'))")
           sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
-      - name: install renv
-        run: Rscript -e "install.packages('renv')"
+      - name: install runtime dependencies
+        run: Rscript -e "install.packages(c('renv', 'jsonlite'))"
       - name: update PPM URL
         run: Rscript inst/update-ppm-url.R
       - name: update dependency graph among packages
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d437ab5c3..5a533ab9b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ repos:
           (?x)^(
           inst/hooks/exported/pkgdown.R|
           tests/testthat/in/.*|
-          inst/renv-update\.R|
+          inst/update-renv-prepare.R|
           inst/update-ppm-url.R|
           inst/update-dependency-graph-existing-packages\.R|
           inst/update-existing-hook-dependencies\.R|
diff --git a/inst/update-dependency-graph-existing-packages.R b/inst/update-dependency-graph-existing-packages.R
index 5ded0a13c..d63781cab 100644
--- a/inst/update-dependency-graph-existing-packages.R
+++ b/inst/update-dependency-graph-existing-packages.R
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-source("renv/activate.R")
-
 hook_deps <- function(root) {
   out <- renv::dependencies("inst/hooks/exported/")$Package
   desc <- desc::desc()
@@ -14,14 +12,9 @@ hook_deps <- function(root) {
   out <- names(renv:::renv_package_dependencies(out))
   return(sort(out))
 }
-options(
-  # repos = c(
-  #   RSPM = "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/all/latest",
-  #   CRAN = "https://cran.rstudio.com"
-  # ),
-  install.packages.compile.from.source = "never"
-)
 
+source("inst/update-renv-prepare.R")
+source("renv/activate.R")
 options(renv.snapshot.filter = hook_deps)
 
 renv::snapshot(type = "custom", prompt = FALSE)
diff --git a/inst/update-existing-hook-dependencies.R b/inst/update-existing-hook-dependencies.R
index 4614e0da6..9be3c4f4e 100644
--- a/inst/update-existing-hook-dependencies.R
+++ b/inst/update-existing-hook-dependencies.R
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-source("renv/activate.R")
-
-options(
-  repos = c(RSPM = renv::lockfile_read()$R$Repositories$RSPM), # CRAN is not an option, always use PPM
-  install.packages.check.source = "no", # don't check if source packages are available
-  install.packages.compile.from.source = "never" # probably redundant with the above 'no': If source package is available, only use source if no code needs to be compiled (needs compilation flag on CRAN).
-)
-renv::install("jsonlite")
+source("inst/update-renv-prepare.R")
 renv_deps <- names(jsonlite::read_json("renv.lock")$Packages)
+source("renv/activate.R")
 renv::load()
 renv::restore(prompt = FALSE)
 can_be_updated <- renv::update(setdiff(renv_deps, "renv"), prompt = FALSE, check = FALSE)
diff --git a/inst/update-renv-prepare.R b/inst/update-renv-prepare.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26374e941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/update-renv-prepare.R
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+options(
+  install.packages.check.source = "no", # don't check if source packages are available
+  install.packages.compile.from.source = "never" # probably redundant with the above 'no': If source package is available, only use source if no code needs to be compiled (needs compilation flag on CRAN).
+)
diff --git a/renv.lock b/renv.lock
index 282120109..e0a5c693e 100644
--- a/renv.lock
+++ b/renv.lock
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
     "Repositories": [
       {
         "Name": "RSPM",
-        "URL": "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/2023-11-17"
-      },
-      {
-        "Name": "CRAN",
-        "URL": "https://cran.rstudio.com"
+        "URL": "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/2024-01-08"
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@
     },
     "R.utils": {
       "Package": "R.utils",
-      "Version": "2.12.2",
+      "Version": "2.12.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -65,7 +61,7 @@
         "tools",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "325f01db13da12c04d8f6e7be36ff514"
+      "Hash": "3dc2829b790254bfba21e60965787651"
     },
     "R6": {
       "Package": "R6",
@@ -100,10 +96,10 @@
     },
     "brew": {
       "Package": "brew",
-      "Version": "1.0-8",
+      "Version": "1.0-10",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
-      "Hash": "d69a786e85775b126bddbee185ae6084"
+      "Hash": "8f4a384e19dccd8c65356dc096847b76"
     },
     "callr": {
       "Package": "callr",
@@ -120,14 +116,14 @@
     },
     "cli": {
       "Package": "cli",
-      "Version": "3.6.1",
+      "Version": "3.6.2",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "89e6d8219950eac806ae0c489052048a"
+      "Hash": "1216ac65ac55ec0058a6f75d7ca0fd52"
     },
     "codetools": {
       "Package": "codetools",
@@ -148,13 +144,13 @@
     },
     "cpp11": {
       "Package": "cpp11",
-      "Version": "0.4.6",
+      "Version": "0.4.7",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
         "R"
       ],
-      "Hash": "707fae4bbf73697ec8d85f9d7076c061"
+      "Hash": "5a295d7d963cc5035284dcdbaf334f4e"
     },
     "crayon": {
       "Package": "crayon",
@@ -184,17 +180,16 @@
     },
     "desc": {
       "Package": "desc",
-      "Version": "1.4.2",
+      "Version": "1.4.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
         "R6",
         "cli",
-        "rprojroot",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "6b9602c7ebbe87101a9c8edb6e8b6d21"
+      "Hash": "99b79fcbd6c4d1ce087f5c5c758b384f"
     },
     "digest": {
       "Package": "digest",
@@ -355,7 +350,7 @@
     },
     "pkgbuild": {
       "Package": "pkgbuild",
-      "Version": "1.4.2",
+      "Version": "1.4.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -363,13 +358,10 @@
         "R6",
         "callr",
         "cli",
-        "crayon",
         "desc",
-        "prettyunits",
-        "processx",
-        "rprojroot"
+        "processx"
       ],
-      "Hash": "beb25b32a957a22a5c301a9e441190b3"
+      "Hash": "c0143443203205e6a2760ce553dafc24"
     },
     "pkgload": {
       "Package": "pkgload",
@@ -392,19 +384,9 @@
       ],
       "Hash": "903d68319ae9923fb2e2ee7fa8230b91"
     },
-    "prettyunits": {
-      "Package": "prettyunits",
-      "Version": "1.2.0",
-      "Source": "Repository",
-      "Repository": "RSPM",
-      "Requirements": [
-        "R"
-      ],
-      "Hash": "6b01fc98b1e86c4f705ce9dcfd2f57c7"
-    },
     "processx": {
       "Package": "processx",
-      "Version": "3.8.2",
+      "Version": "3.8.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -413,7 +395,7 @@
         "ps",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "3efbd8ac1be0296a46c55387aeace0f3"
+      "Hash": "82d48b1aec56084d9438dbf98087a7e9"
     },
     "ps": {
       "Package": "ps",
@@ -527,7 +509,7 @@
     },
     "stringi": {
       "Package": "stringi",
-      "Version": "1.8.1",
+      "Version": "1.8.3",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -536,7 +518,7 @@
         "tools",
         "utils"
       ],
-      "Hash": "12bf57fdcb9b7068bea39b32f87ecac9"
+      "Hash": "058aebddea264f4c99401515182e656a"
     },
     "stringr": {
       "Package": "stringr",
@@ -576,7 +558,7 @@
     },
     "vctrs": {
       "Package": "vctrs",
-      "Version": "0.6.4",
+      "Version": "0.6.5",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
@@ -586,7 +568,7 @@
         "lifecycle",
         "rlang"
       ],
-      "Hash": "266c1ca411266ba8f365fcc726444b87"
+      "Hash": "c03fa420630029418f7e6da3667aac4a"
     },
     "withr": {
       "Package": "withr",
@@ -614,14 +596,16 @@
     },
     "xml2": {
       "Package": "xml2",
-      "Version": "1.3.5",
+      "Version": "1.3.6",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
       "Requirements": [
         "R",
-        "methods"
+        "cli",
+        "methods",
+        "rlang"
       ],
-      "Hash": "6c40e5cfcc6aefd88110666e18c31f40"
+      "Hash": "1d0336142f4cd25d8d23cd3ba7a8fb61"
     },
     "xmlparsedata": {
       "Package": "xmlparsedata",
@@ -635,10 +619,10 @@
     },
     "yaml": {
       "Package": "yaml",
-      "Version": "2.3.7",
+      "Version": "2.3.8",
       "Source": "Repository",
       "Repository": "RSPM",
-      "Hash": "0d0056cc5383fbc240ccd0cb584bf436"
+      "Hash": "29240487a071f535f5e5d5a323b7afbd"
     }
   }
 }