diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a3b8d8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231025-131907.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Lower bound of `2.11.0` for `google-api-core`
+time: 2023-10-25T13:19:07.580826-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: gmyrianthous dbeatty10
+  Issue: "979"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78389ab3f..e010f9c6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ def _dbt_core_version(plugin_version: str) -> str:
         "google-cloud-bigquery~=3.0",
         "google-cloud-storage~=2.4",
         "google-cloud-dataproc~=5.0",
+        # ----
+        # Expect compatibility with all new versions of these packages, so lower bounds only.
+        "google-api-core>=2.11.0",
     ],
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[