diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 657cffd2..d01ac491 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ keywords = ["dask", "distributed", "kubernetes"]
 dependencies = [
     "dask>=2022.08.1",
     "distributed>=2022.08.1",
-    "kopf>=1.35.3",
+    "kopf>=1.38.0",
     "kr8s==0.20.*",
     "kubernetes-asyncio>=12.0.1",
     "kubernetes>=12.0.1",