diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8c95a296b2..06287932d2c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Authlib==1.6.*; python_version <= '3.9'
 Authlib==1.7.*; python_version > '3.9'
 azure-identity==1.25.3
 azure-mgmt-rdbms==10.1.1
-azure-mgmt-resource==25.0.0
+# Azure CLI (a common companion package on Linux distros) still pins
+# azure-mgmt-resource<25, so keep the lower bound at 24.0.0 to avoid
+# conflicts for distro packagers; see pgadmin-org/pgadmin4#10247.
+azure-mgmt-resource>=24.0.0,<26.0.0
 azure-mgmt-subscription==3.1.1
 bcrypt==5.0.*
 boto3==1.42.*; python_version <= '3.9'