diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-swh.core >= 0.3
+swh.core[http] >= 0.3
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 deps =
   # the dependency below is needed for now as a workaround for
   #   https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6239
-  swh.core[http] >= 0.0.75
+  swh.core[http] >= 0.3
   swh.scheduler[testing] >= 0.5.0
   dev: pdbpp
   pytest-cov