diff --git a/sdk/compute/azure-mgmt-compute/setup.py b/sdk/compute/azure-mgmt-compute/setup.py
index f259470da1a7..8697332971c9 100644
--- a/sdk/compute/azure-mgmt-compute/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/compute/azure-mgmt-compute/setup.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "isodate>=0.6.1",
         "azure-common>=1.1",
+        "azure-core>=1.28.0",
         "azure-mgmt-core>=1.3.2",
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.8",