diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index ef712334..4e3f57a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: |
             any::rcmdcheck
             otelsdk=?ignore-before-r=4.3.0
+            paws.common=?ignore-before-r=4.3.0
           needs: check
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2b7120b4..c2af9c30 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Suggests:
     nanonext,
     otel (>= 0.2.0),
     otelsdk (>= 0.2.0),
-    paws.common,
+    paws.common (>= 0.8.0),
     promises,
     rmarkdown,
     testthat (>= 3.1.8),
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-req-throttle.R b/tests/testthat/test-req-throttle.R
index ba8316f6..741b2e76 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-req-throttle.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-req-throttle.R
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_that("throttling affects request performance", {
 
   local_mocked_bindings(unix_time = function() 0.1)
   expect_snapshot(time <- system.time(req_perform(req))[[3]])
-  expect_gte(time, 1 / 4 - 0.1)
+  expect_gte(time, 1 / 4 - 0.1 - 1e-6)
 })
 
 test_that("first request isn't throttled", {