diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ff01c38..8c1714a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: nflplotR
 Title: NFL Logo Plots in 'ggplot2' and 'gt'
-Version: 1.4.0.9002
+Version: 1.4.0.9003
 Authors@R: 
     person("Sebastian", "Carl", , "mrcaseb@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: A set of functions to visualize National Football League
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://nflplotr.nflverse.com, https://github.com/nflverse/nflplotR
 BugReports: https://github.com/nflverse/nflplotR/issues
 Depends: 
-    R (>= 3.5.0)
+    R (>= 4.1.0)
 Imports: 
-    backports (>= 1.1.6),
     cachem (>= 1.0.0),
     cli (>= 3.0.0),
     data.table (>= 1.14.0),
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ Suggests:
     rsvg (>= 2.0),
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     vdiffr (>= 1.0.2),
-    webshot2 (>= 0.1.0)
+    webshot2 (>= 0.1.1)
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 065f343..dbf9275 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -32,18 +32,12 @@ export(scale_color_nfl)
 export(scale_colour_nfl)
 export(scale_fill_nfl)
 export(valid_team_names)
-if (getRversion() >= "4.0.0") {
-  importFrom(tools, R_user_dir)
-} else {
-  importFrom(backports, R_user_dir)
-}
 import(data.table)
 import(grid)
 importFrom(ggplot2,element_grob)
 importFrom(graphics,par)
-importFrom(gt,"%>%")
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
 importFrom(nflreadr,nflverse_sitrep)
 importFrom(rlang,"%||%")
 importFrom(rlang,.data)
-importFrom(utils,capture.output)
+importFrom(tools,R_user_dir)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 70d6e18..bf868aa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * The theme elements `element_nfl_logo()` and `element_nfl_wordmark()` now clean team abbreviations by calling `nflreadr::clean_team_abbrs()` and insert empty grobs for mismatches. 
 * All geoms and theme elements will print more informative warnings about team abbreviation, or player ID mismatches.
 * The gt logo rendering functions now add alt text for accessibility and to silence an annoying pkgdown warning. (#69)
+* nflplotR now requires R 4.1 because magick needs this R version. This also follows the [Tidyverse R version support rules](https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2019/04/r-version-support/). (#71)
 
 # nflplotR 1.4.0
 
diff --git a/R/gt_nfl.R b/R/gt_nfl.R
index d010e87..7713ab4 100644
--- a/R/gt_nfl.R
+++ b/R/gt_nfl.R
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 #'   wordmark_b = tail(teams, 16)
 #' )
 #' # create gt table and translate team names to logo/wordmark images
-#' table <- df %>%
-#'   gt() %>%
-#'   gt_nfl_logos(columns = gt::starts_with("logo")) %>%
+#' table <- df |>
+#'   gt() |>
+#'   gt_nfl_logos(columns = gt::starts_with("logo")) |>
 #'   gt_nfl_wordmarks(columns = gt::starts_with("wordmark"))
 #' }
 gt_nfl_logos <- function(gt_object,
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ gt_nfl_wordmarks <- function(gt_object,
 #'
 #' # create gt table and translate player IDs and team abbreviations
 #' # into headshots, logos, and wordmarks
-#' table <- gt::gt(label_df) %>%
+#' table <- gt::gt(label_df) |>
 #'   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label(
 #'     columns = gt::starts_with("00"),
 #'     type = "headshot"
-#'   ) %>%
-#'   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("LAC", type = "wordmark") %>%
+#'   ) |>
+#'   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("LAC", type = "wordmark") |>
 #'   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("KC", type = "logo")
 #' }
 gt_nfl_cols_label <- function(gt_object,
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ get_image_uri <- function(team_abbr, type = c("logo", "wordmark")) {
 #' )
 #'
 #' # Replace player IDs with headshot images
-#' table <- gt(df) %>%
+#' table <- gt(df) |>
 #'   gt_nfl_headshots("player_gsis")
 #'
 #' # Restore old options
@@ -341,11 +341,7 @@ gt_render_image <- function(gt_tbl, ...){
   temp_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
   # webshot2 sends a message that can't be suppressed with suppressMessages()
   # so we capture the output and return it invisibly
-  output <- gt::gtsave(gt_tbl, temp_file, ...) %>%
-    utils::capture.output(type = "message") %>%
-    invisible()
-  # if the output is something other than the annoying webshot message, print it
-  if(!grepl("screenshot completed", output)) print(output)
+  output <- gt::gtsave(gt_tbl, temp_file, quiet = TRUE, ...)
   # get rid of the file when function exits
   on.exit(unlink(temp_file))
   # remove margin from plots so we render the table only
diff --git a/R/nflplotR-package.R b/R/nflplotR-package.R
index 81d80a8..df7d0a7 100644
--- a/R/nflplotR-package.R
+++ b/R/nflplotR-package.R
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
 #' @importFrom ggplot2 element_grob
 #' @importFrom graphics par
 #' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated
-#' @importFrom gt %>%
 #' @importFrom rlang .data %||%
-#' @importFrom utils capture.output
-#' @rawNamespace if (getRversion() >= "4.0.0") {
-#'   importFrom(tools, R_user_dir)
-#' } else {
-#'   importFrom(backports, R_user_dir)
-#' }
+#' @importFrom tools R_user_dir
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 6679702..472237d 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   if(!memoise_option %in% c("memory", "filesystem", "off")) memoise_option <- "memory"
 
   if(memoise_option == "filesystem"){
-    backports::import(pkgname, "R_user_dir")
     cache_dir <- R_user_dir("nflplotR", "cache")
     if (!dir.exists(cache_dir)) dir.create(cache_dir, recursive = TRUE, showWarnings = FALSE)
     cache <- cachem::cache_disk(dir = cache_dir)
diff --git a/man/gt_nfl_cols_label.Rd b/man/gt_nfl_cols_label.Rd
index 9012ca6..bc0cab1 100644
--- a/man/gt_nfl_cols_label.Rd
+++ b/man/gt_nfl_cols_label.Rd
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ label_df <- data.frame(
 
 # create gt table and translate player IDs and team abbreviations
 # into headshots, logos, and wordmarks
-table <- gt::gt(label_df) \%>\%
+table <- gt::gt(label_df) |>
   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label(
     columns = gt::starts_with("00"),
     type = "headshot"
-  ) \%>\%
-  nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("LAC", type = "wordmark") \%>\%
+  ) |>
+  nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("LAC", type = "wordmark") |>
   nflplotR::gt_nfl_cols_label("KC", type = "logo")
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/gt_nfl_headshots.Rd b/man/gt_nfl_headshots.Rd
index 0141577..2350b87 100644
--- a/man/gt_nfl_headshots.Rd
+++ b/man/gt_nfl_headshots.Rd
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ df <- data.frame(
 )
 
 # Replace player IDs with headshot images
-table <- gt(df) \%>\%
+table <- gt(df) |>
   gt_nfl_headshots("player_gsis")
 
 # Restore old options
diff --git a/man/gt_nfl_logos.Rd b/man/gt_nfl_logos.Rd
index 40e3d93..be03438 100644
--- a/man/gt_nfl_logos.Rd
+++ b/man/gt_nfl_logos.Rd
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ df <- data.frame(
   wordmark_b = tail(teams, 16)
 )
 # create gt table and translate team names to logo/wordmark images
-table <- df \%>\%
-  gt() \%>\%
-  gt_nfl_logos(columns = gt::starts_with("logo")) \%>\%
+table <- df |>
+  gt() |>
+  gt_nfl_logos(columns = gt::starts_with("logo")) |>
   gt_nfl_wordmarks(columns = gt::starts_with("wordmark"))
 }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-nfl_team_factors.R b/tests/testthat/test-nfl_team_factors.R
index 2f49850..dbc506f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-nfl_team_factors.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-nfl_team_factors.R
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test_that("nfl team factors work", {
   plot_data <- mpg
 
   # add a new column by randomly sampling the above defined teams vector
-  plot_data$team <- sample(teams, nrow(mpg), replace = TRUE) %>%
+  plot_data$team <- sample(teams, nrow(mpg), replace = TRUE) |>
     nfl_team_factor(rev(team_abbr))
 
   # Now we plot the data and facet by team abbreviation. ggplot automatically
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test_that("nfl team factors work", {
   # We'll change the order of facets by making another team name column and
   # converting it to an ordered factor. Again, this defaults to sort by division
   # and nick name in ascending order.
-  plot_data$ordered_team <- sample(teams, nrow(mpg), replace = TRUE) %>%
+  plot_data$ordered_team <- sample(teams, nrow(mpg), replace = TRUE) |>
     nfl_team_factor()
 
   # Let's check how the facets are ordered now.