diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20250604-110253.yaml b/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20250604-110253.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0be33f0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20250604-110253.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Dependencies
+body: bump dbt-core requirement to 1.10.0rc0
+time: 2025-06-04T11:02:53.39229-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
+  PR: "1142"
diff --git a/dbt-bigquery/pyproject.toml b/dbt-bigquery/pyproject.toml
index e6f390b71..662a63198 100644
--- a/dbt-bigquery/pyproject.toml
+++ b/dbt-bigquery/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # Expect compatibility with all new versions of these packages, so lower bounds only.
     "google-api-core>=2.11.0",
     # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
-    "dbt-core>=1.8.0",
+    "dbt-core>=1.10.0rc0",
     "nbformat>=5.10.4",
     "google-cloud-aiplatform>=1.72.0",
 ]