diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b7ee949c..077837b6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repos:
           - plumber
           - shiny
           - lubridate
-          - DescTools
+          - matrixStats
           - lmtest
           - sandwich
       # codemeta must be above use-tidy-description when both are used
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 58901d05..c36bf25f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Title: Matching Adjusted Indirect Comparison
 Package: maicplus
-Version: 0.1.1
+Version: 0.1.2
 Date: 2024-10-29
 Authors@R: c(
    person(
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Imports:
     stats,
     survival,
     lubridate,
-    DescTools,
+    matrixStats,
     MASS,
     boot,
     stringr,
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 Language: en-US
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2.9000
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d70bff0d..8f374580 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export(plot_weights_ggplot)
 export(process_agd)
 export(set_time_conversion)
 export(survfit_makeup)
-import(DescTools)
 import(MASS)
 import(boot)
 import(graphics)
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ importFrom(grDevices,col2rgb)
 importFrom(grDevices,rgb)
 importFrom(lmtest,coefci)
 importFrom(lmtest,coeftest)
+importFrom(matrixStats,weightedMedian)
 importFrom(sandwich,vcovHC)
 importFrom(survival,Surv)
 importFrom(survival,coxph)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b17b852d..cd2d19c7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# maicplus 0.1.2
+
 # maicplus 0.1.1
 
 - bug fixes
diff --git a/R/maicplus-package.R b/R/maicplus-package.R
index 47cf8d2e..92e88d84 100644
--- a/R/maicplus-package.R
+++ b/R/maicplus-package.R
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ NULL
 #' @importFrom grDevices col2rgb rgb
 #' @import stats
 #' @import survival
-#' @import DescTools
 #' @import MASS
 #' @import boot
 #' @import stringr
diff --git a/R/matching.R b/R/matching.R
index 10907e19..85294ff3 100644
--- a/R/matching.R
+++ b/R/matching.R
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ plot.maicplus_estimate_weights <- function(x, ggplot = FALSE,
 #' data(weighted_sat)
 #' data(agd)
 #' check_weights(weighted_sat, process_agd(agd))
-#'
-#' @import DescTools
+#' @importFrom matrixStats weightedMedian
 #'
 #' @return data.frame of weighted and unweighted covariate averages of the IPD,
 #' average of aggregate data, and sum of inner products of covariate \eqn{x_i} and the weights (\eqn{exp(x_i\beta)})
@@ -485,12 +484,10 @@ check_weights <- function(weighted_data, processed_agd) {
         type = 2,
         names = FALSE
       ) # SAS default
-      outdata$internal_trial_after_weighted[ii] <- DescTools::Quantile(ipd_with_weights[[covname]],
-        weights = ipd_with_weights$weights,
-        probs = 0.5,
-        na.rm = TRUE,
-        type = 5,
-        names = FALSE
+      outdata$internal_trial_after_weighted[ii] <- weightedMedian(
+        x = ipd_with_weights[[covname]],
+        w = ipd_with_weights$weights,
+        na.rm = TRUE
       )
       # no IPD equals to reported AgD median
       msg_ind <- !any(ipd_with_weights[[covname]] == outdata$external_trial[ii], na.rm = TRUE)
diff --git a/man/check_weights.Rd b/man/check_weights.Rd
index e52b516b..6da46394 100644
--- a/man/check_weights.Rd
+++ b/man/check_weights.Rd
@@ -51,5 +51,4 @@ before and after adjustment.
 data(weighted_sat)
 data(agd)
 check_weights(weighted_sat, process_agd(agd))
-
 }