diff --git a/pkgs/test_core/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/test_core/pubspec.yaml
index 24dae0d70..b96cc06d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/test_core/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/test_core/pubspec.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
   source_span: ^1.8.0
   stack_trace: ^1.10.0
   stream_channel: ^2.1.0
-  vm_service: ">=6.0.0 <9.0.0"
+  vm_service: ">=6.0.0 <10.0.0"
   yaml: ^3.0.0
   # matcher is tightly constrained by test_api
   matcher: any