diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7bf417f..6f7a1a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 dependencies = [
-    "aiida-core~=2.7",
+    "aiida-core~=2.8.0rc0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]