diff --git a/cardano-api/cardano-api.cabal b/cardano-api/cardano-api.cabal
index 9bae30e2a8..7617b7527b 100644
--- a/cardano-api/cardano-api.cabal
+++ b/cardano-api/cardano-api.cabal
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ library internal
     ouroboros-network-framework,
     ouroboros-network-protocols,
     parsec,
-    plutus-ledger-api:{plutus-ledger-api, plutus-ledger-api-testlib} ^>=1.36,
+    plutus-ledger-api:{plutus-ledger-api, plutus-ledger-api-testlib} ^>=1.38,
     prettyprinter,
     prettyprinter-ansi-terminal,
     prettyprinter-configurable ^>=1.36,
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ test-suite cardano-api-golden
     hedgehog-extras ^>=0.7,
     microlens,
     parsec,
-    plutus-core ^>=1.36,
+    plutus-core ^>=1.38,
     plutus-ledger-api,
     tasty,
     tasty-hedgehog,