diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f08c2a1..be81f18 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 Source: swh-scheduler
 Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-python (>= 2),
                python3-all,
                python3-arrow,
                python3-celery,
                python3-click,
                python3-elasticsearch (>= 5.4.0),
                python3-flask,
                python3-hypothesis,
                python3-kombu,
                python3-nose,
                python3-psycopg2,
                python3-setuptools,
-               python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.40~),
+               python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.44~),
                python3-vcversioner
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DSCH/
 
 Package: python3-swh.scheduler
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.40~), ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
+Depends: python3-swh.core (>= 0.0.44~), ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Software Heritage Scheduler
 
 Package: python3-swh.scheduler.updater
 Architecture: all
 Depends: python3-swh.scheduler (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Software Heritage Scheduler Updater
diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
index 9e6b6d1..e7de3e1 100644
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-swh.core >= 0.0.40
+swh.core >= 0.0.44