diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 81ab56e6..c6aed9a1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Depends:
     R (>= 4.2)
 Imports:
     broom (>= 1.0.8),
+    broom.helpers (>= 1.20.0),
     cards (>= 0.8.1.9001),
     cardx (>= 0.3.3),
     cli (>= 3.6.4),
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ Imports:
     tibble,
     tidyr (>= 1.3.0)
 Suggests:
-    broom.helpers (>= 1.20.0),
     coin (>= 1.4.3),
     emmeans,
     labelled,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index e6b4d453..e1a81f26 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ import(ggplot2)
 import(glue)
 import(rlang)
 importFrom(broom,tidy)
+importFrom(broom.helpers,tidy_parameters)
 importFrom(cards,ard_tabulate_value)
 importFrom(cowplot,
   draw_plot,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 99da4da7..46b6207a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # crane 0.3.3.9017
 
+* `broom.helpers` is moved from `Suggests` to `Imports`, and `broom.helpers::tidy_parameters` is now imported. (#312)
+
 * `tbl_null_report()` now centers its message, so with no body content it reads as a "no data" panel spanning the table instead of text hugging the left edge. (#305)
 
 * `get_mmrm_results()` gains a `weights` argument (default `"equal"`) passed to `emmeans::emmeans()`, so proportionally weighted LS Means can be requested with `weights = "proportional"`. Check `?emmeans::emmeans()` for other `weights` options. (#299)
diff --git a/R/crane-package.R b/R/crane-package.R
index a318552b..efb9cad1 100644
--- a/R/crane-package.R
+++ b/R/crane-package.R
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #' @import ggplot2
 #' @import glue glue
 #' @importFrom broom tidy
+#' @importFrom broom.helpers tidy_parameters
 #' @importFrom cowplot plot_grid ggdraw draw_plot
 #' @importFrom dplyr across starts_with ends_with contains matches num_range
 #' @importFrom dplyr all_of any_of everything last_col where mutate