diff --git a/dask-test/pyproject.toml b/dask-test/pyproject.toml
index 3f16863..69ac3f5 100644
--- a/dask-test/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dask-test/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = {text = "Apache"}
 requires-python = "<4.0,>=3.14"
 dependencies = [
     "dask>=2026.0.0,<2027.0.0",
-    "distributed>=2026.0.0,<2027.0.0",
+    "distributed>=2026.1.0,<2027.0.0",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/dask-test/uv.lock b/dask-test/uv.lock
index e2922d9..eb5ef55 100644
--- a/dask-test/uv.lock
+++ b/dask-test/uv.lock
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "dask", specifier = ">=2026.0.0,<2027.0.0" },
-    { name = "distributed", specifier = ">=2026.0.0,<2027.0.0" },
+    { name = "distributed", specifier = ">=2026.1.0,<2027.0.0" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]