diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index b89194a73..ae789d0c8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ include COPYRIGHT
 include functest_requirements.txt
 include test_requirements.txt
 include unittest_requirements.txt
+exclude releasing.md
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e13b435f3..e91780b25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 jsonschema>=4.4,<4.22
-pulpcore>=3.43.0,<3.55
+pulpcore>=3.49,<3.55
 pyjwt[crypto]>=2.4,<2.9