diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fd421820..15a9ae93d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "einops>=0.8.1",
     # Used for Azure Entra ID token management
     "azure-core>=1.38.0",
-    "azure-identity",
+    "azure-identity>=1.21.0",
     "pyasn1>=0.6.2",
 ]
 
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ llslibdev = [
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation>=0.55b0",
     "blobfile>=3.0.0",
     "psutil>=7.0.0",
+    # Azure
+    "azure-identity>=1.21.0",
 ]
 
 build = [
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d53196afb..1e0955fd5 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1563,6 +1563,7 @@ dev = [
 llslibdev = [
     { name = "aiosqlite" },
     { name = "autoevals" },
+    { name = "azure-identity" },
     { name = "blobfile" },
     { name = "chardet" },
     { name = "datasets" },
@@ -1600,7 +1601,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "asyncpg", specifier = ">=0.31.0" },
     { name = "authlib", specifier = ">=1.6.0" },
     { name = "azure-core", specifier = ">=1.38.0" },
-    { name = "azure-identity" },
+    { name = "azure-identity", specifier = ">=1.21.0" },
     { name = "cachetools", specifier = ">=6.1.0" },
     { name = "einops", specifier = ">=0.8.1" },
     { name = "email-validator", specifier = ">=2.2.0" },
@@ -1657,6 +1658,7 @@ dev = [
 llslibdev = [
     { name = "aiosqlite", specifier = ">=0.21.0" },
     { name = "autoevals", specifier = ">=0.0.129" },
+    { name = "azure-identity", specifier = ">=1.21.0" },
     { name = "blobfile", specifier = ">=3.0.0" },
     { name = "chardet", specifier = ">=5.2.0" },
     { name = "datasets", specifier = ">=3.6.0" },