diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 063fe8a..82d7b7b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = ["aiida", "plugin"]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "aiida-core>=2.7.1,<3",
+    "aiida-core==2.8.0rc0",
     "ase",
     "node-graph~=0.6.1",
 ]
diff --git a/src/aiida_pythonjob/decorator.py b/src/aiida_pythonjob/decorator.py
index 1c788b4..98528fb 100644
--- a/src/aiida_pythonjob/decorator.py
+++ b/src/aiida_pythonjob/decorator.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _AIIDA_VERSION = parse_version(aiida.__version__)
-_NEEDS_RECURSION_LIMIT_WORKAROUND = _AIIDA_VERSION < parse_version("2.8.0")
+_NEEDS_RECURSION_LIMIT_WORKAROUND = _AIIDA_VERSION < parse_version("2.8.0rc0")
 
 if _NEEDS_RECURSION_LIMIT_WORKAROUND:
     from aiida.engine.processes.functions import get_stack_size