diff --git a/scripts/requirements-base.txt b/scripts/requirements-base.txt
index b95fcceb84f..6d111e648dd 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements-base.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # part of the recommended workflow
 
 # used by various build scripts
-pyelftools>=0.24
+pyelftools>=0.26
 
 # used by dts generation to parse binding YAMLs, also used by
 # sanitycheck to parse YAMLs