diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
index 567059fd076..62cbe1b8307 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/setup.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 DEPENDENCIES = [
     'argcomplete~=3.5.2',
     'azure-cli-telemetry==1.1.0.*',
+    'azure-core~=1.35.0',
     'azure-mgmt-core>=1.2.0,<2',
     'cryptography',
     # On Linux, the distribution (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) and version are logged in telemetry