diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c89eeb13..b37792399 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
   # All things django and asyncio are deliberately left to pulpcore
   # Example transitive requirements: asgiref, asyncio, aiohttp
-  "pulpcore>=3.49.0,<3.85",
+  "pulpcore>=3.74.0,<3.85",
   "python-debian>=0.1.44,<0.2.0",
   "python-gnupg>=0.5,<0.6",
   "jsonschema>=4.6,<5.0",