diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35efa915..bfaacbfa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def _get_package_version() -> str:
         # In order to control dbt-core version and package version
         "boto3~=1.26",
         "boto3-stubs[athena,glue,lakeformation,sts]~=1.26",
-        "dbt-core>=1.5.0,<1.7.0",
+        "dbt-core~=1.6.0",
         "pyathena>=2.25,<4.0",
         "pydantic>=1.10,<3.0",
         "tenacity~=8.2",