pandoc 2.2 should suffice

Author: yihui

NEWS

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ rticles 0.5 (unreleased)
 - Add MDPI journal template
 
 - Fixed #6 and #132: dollar signs can be used in code chunks in JSS articles
-  now, but it will require Pandoc 2.2.1 (you can use the Preview version of
+  now, but it will require Pandoc 2.x (you can use the Preview version of
   RStudio if you do not want to install Pandoc separately).
 
 rticles 0.4.1

R/jss_article.R

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #' @export
 jss_article <- function(..., keep_tex = TRUE, citation_package = 'natbib') {
 
-  rmarkdown::pandoc_available('2.2.1', TRUE)
+  rmarkdown::pandoc_available('2.2', TRUE)
 
   template <- find_resource("jss_article", "template.tex")