diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e3d23e8b5..2d5682d631 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.2
 	github.com/elastic/go-resource v0.2.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.8
-	github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.3.5
+	github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.4.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 152ba6a4e3..fd36d93d75 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1 h1:cUMbgsz0wyEB4x7xf3zUEvUVDl6WCz2RKcQPul
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1/go.mod h1:biw5eBS2Z4T02wjATMRSfecfjCmwaDPvuaqf844gLrg=
 github.com/elastic/kbncontent v0.1.4 h1:GoUkJkqkn2H6iJTnOHcxEqYVVYyjvcebLQVaSR1aSvU=
 github.com/elastic/kbncontent v0.1.4/go.mod h1:kOPREITK9gSJsiw/WKe7QWSO+PRiZMyEFQCw+CMLAHI=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.3.5 h1:D0AXRiTNcF8Ue8gLIafF/BLOk7V2yqSFVUy/p0fwArM=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.3.5/go.mod h1:+q7JpjqBFnNVMmh9VAVfZdOxQ3EmdCD+KM8Cg6VhKgg=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.4.0 h1:smilq7r7TNiyXSI9vJs2mqTv9+gGUCrfEmITOYwAdDA=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec/v3 v3.4.0/go.mod h1:utJSiN5B7Mr6cxOJoQ3FXUh4YcZqKd26dD/tZ21p8w8=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
diff --git a/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go b/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
index ba196b6b17..6daabf2007 100644
--- a/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
+++ b/internal/packages/archetype/package_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -63,15 +62,6 @@ func createPackageDescriptorForTest(packageType, kibanaVersion string) PackageDe
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	if packageType == "content" {
-		minSpecVersion := semver.MustParse("3.4.0")
-		if !specVersion.LessThan(minSpecVersion) {
-			panic("this code can be removed")
-		}
-		version = "0.1.0"
-		specVersion = *minSpecVersion
-		excludeChecks = append(excludeChecks, "PSR00002")
-	}
 	return PackageDescriptor{
 		Manifest: packages.PackageManifest{
 			SpecVersion: specVersion.String(),