diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0698256..5e60a38 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "boost-histogram>=1.3.2",
     "dask>=2021.03.0",
+    "dask-awkward >=2025",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ complete = [
 docs = [
     "dask-sphinx-theme >=3.0.2",
     "dask[array,dataframe]",
-    "dask-awkward >=2023.10.0",
     # FIXME: `sphinxcontrib-*` pins are a workaround until we have sphinx>=5.
     #        See https://github.com/dask/dask-sphinx-theme/issues/68.
     "sphinx >=4.0.0",
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ docs = [
 ]
 test = [
     "dask[array,dataframe]",
-    "dask-awkward >=2023.10.0",
     "hist",
     "pytest",
 ]