diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7533be..ac76577 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Raise the minimum `hotdata` SDK version to `>=0.7,<0.8` (was `>=0.6,<0.7`), to
+  track its current minor per this project's SDK-pinning convention. 0.7.0 is
+  purely additive for the surface this backend uses (an unused optional `key`
+  field on table declarations; `LoadManagedTableRequest.upload_id` widened from
+  required to optional). Verified via the full offline test suite run directly
+  against `hotdata==0.7.0`. This also unblocks co-installing `hotdata-ibis`
+  alongside `hotdata-dlt-destination` once it raises its own `hotdata` floor to
+  0.7.
 
 ## [0.3.0] - 2026-07-13
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 484b7b4..5b47f06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Use [Ibis](https://ibis-project.org/) to create on-demand databases, upload data, and query with Python expressions — get pandas or Arrow results back without writing SQL.
 
-**Requirements:** Python 3.10+, **ibis-framework** ≥12,<13, **hotdata** ≥0.6,<0.7.
+**Requirements:** Python 3.10+, **ibis-framework** ≥12,<13, **hotdata** ≥0.7,<0.8.
 
 ## Install
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 84f9459..daeeaa2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "ibis-framework>=12,<13",
-  "hotdata>=0.6,<0.7",
+  "hotdata>=0.7,<0.8",
   "pyarrow>=16",
   "pyarrow-hotfix>=0.6",
   "pandas>=2",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c4735b8..1997e3e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotdata"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
     { name = "urllib3" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d2/17/6d9e7cbe7e766cd52968653096ce4199d0cb1aa55b73fcfc2979fb9805ff/hotdata-0.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c655fd9691a1d65dd4ed51b86f1c27bf8e73268b4c44696987a57a624da35143", size = 214162, upload-time = "2026-07-07T16:44:32.65Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/61/30/08681132e019f6c9ddb566dc38be6a302763c4b4848b2d97e3d7ace8d257/hotdata-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ef4484a74c0f33ee543b0a0dbfb5a6c04e7b5812b277f42a6448000d41c2405d", size = 215130, upload-time = "2026-07-14T12:21:33.936Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/dc/0a/4c9f23e1fa85a8d0336681f608c13100e4ab2cf4204846d90374b1bb141b/hotdata-0.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3324758eb0aa37bbcc505ddac524566a8c10fbe0787e226932e8b04d565200c1", size = 312820, upload-time = "2026-07-07T16:44:31.121Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/dc/ef/6c4236640629688074892759b1a7593c08f30e9d916b6951c2bbfec19d7f/hotdata-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d9e3008e3084d22bcc27b7bf1d08d8c2c255fe3726c252c777bb614a3cae0576", size = 314103, upload-time = "2026-07-14T12:21:32.154Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
-    { name = "hotdata", specifier = ">=0.6,<0.7" },
+    { name = "hotdata", specifier = ">=0.7,<0.8" },
     { name = "ibis-framework", specifier = ">=12,<13" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2" },
     { name = "pyarrow", specifier = ">=16" },