diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/cosmos_client.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/cosmos_client.py
index 937440b38732..58fa95cabaf3 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/cosmos_client.py
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/azure/cosmos/aio/cosmos_client.py
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 """Create, read, and delete databases in the Azure Cosmos DB SQL API service.
 """
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union, cast, TYPE_CHECKING
 from azure.core.async_paging import AsyncItemPaged
-from azure.core.credentials import TokenCredential
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from azure.core.credentials import TokenCredential
 
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator_async import distributed_trace_async
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator import distributed_trace
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/dev_requirements.txt b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/dev_requirements.txt
index 3f2bedfc82c3..e6fcb54061af 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-azure-core>=1.23.0
+azure-core
 azure-identity
 -e ../../../tools/azure-sdk-tools
 -e ../../../tools/azure-devtools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/setup.py b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/setup.py
index 2ce020e9c43e..f206cdb487a8 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/setup.py
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=exclude_packages),
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[
-        'azure-core<2.0.0,>=1.23.0'
+        'azure-core<2.0.0,>=1.2.2'
     ],
 )