diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 0d86bc963a674..d815760f47daa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         install.packages("devtools")
         remotes::install_deps('mlflow/R/mlflow', dependencies = TRUE, upgrade = FALSE)
+        # Install `mleap` from archive since it's unavailable on the CRAN repository:
+        # https://cran.r-project.org/package=mleap
+        devtools::install_url("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/mleap/mleap_1.0.0.tar.gz")
       shell: Rscript {0}
     - name: Create test environment
       run: |
diff --git a/mlflow/R/mlflow/DESCRIPTION b/mlflow/R/mlflow/DESCRIPTION
index 82426df347d98..47856f729c255 100644
--- a/mlflow/R/mlflow/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/mlflow/R/mlflow/DESCRIPTION
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@ Suggests:
     h2o,
     keras,
     lintr,
-    mleap,
     sparklyr,
     stringi (< 1.4.4),
     testthat (>= 2.0.0),
     xgboost
+Enhances:
+    mleap
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