diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index a024575..f7d0235 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '71501411'
+ValidationKey: '71528436'
 AutocreateReadme: yes
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2b1d6fc..7ac5793 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'luplot: Landuse Plot Library'
-version: 3.61.1
-date-released: '2024-03-19'
+version: 3.61.2
+date-released: '2024-03-21'
 abstract: Some useful functions to plot data such as a map plot function for MAgPIE
   objects.
 authors:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 69f45cc..794725c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: luplot
 Title: Landuse Plot Library
-Version: 3.61.1
-Date: 2024-03-19
+Version: 3.61.2
+Date: 2024-03-21
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Benjamin Leon", "Bodirsky", , "bodirsky@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jan Philipp", "Dietrich", , "dietrich@pik-potsdam.de", role = "aut"),
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Imports:
     mip,
     quitte,
     reshape2,
-    rworldmap,
+    rworldmap (>= 1.3.8),
     sp,
     xml2,
     gridExtra,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f613d5c..2b470ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Landuse Plot Library
 
-R package **luplot**, version **3.61.1**
+R package **luplot**, version **3.61.2**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/luplot)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=luplot)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/luplot/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/luplot/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/luplot/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/luplot) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/luplot)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Benjamin Bodirsky <bodirsky@pik-p
 
 To cite package **luplot** in publications use:
 
-Bodirsky B, Dietrich J, Krause M, Stevanovic M, Humpenoeder F, Weindl I, Baumstark L, Klein D, Rolinski S, Wang X, Chen D (2024). _luplot: Landuse Plot Library_. R package version 3.61.1, <URL: https://github.com/pik-piam/luplot>.
+Bodirsky B, Dietrich J, Krause M, Stevanovic M, Humpenoeder F, Weindl I, Baumstark L, Klein D, Rolinski S, Wang X, Chen D (2024). _luplot: Landuse Plot Library_. R package version 3.61.2, <URL: https://github.com/pik-piam/luplot>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {luplot: Landuse Plot Library},
   author = {Benjamin Leon Bodirsky and Jan Philipp Dietrich and Michael Krause and Miodrag Stevanovic and Florian Humpenoeder and Isabelle Weindl and Lavinia Baumstark and David Klein and Susanne Rolinski and Xiaoxi Wang and David Chen},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 3.61.1},
+  note = {R package version 3.61.2},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/luplot},
 }
 ```