diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c13382c..b38b1c85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'numpy<2.0.0',
     'torch>=2.0.0',
     'torchvision',
-    'bioimageio.core>=0.6.9',
+    'bioimageio.core>=0.7.0',
     'tifffile',
     'psutil',
     'pydantic>=2.5,<2.9',