diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1003.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/1003.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da9752730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1003.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump clr-loader from 0.2.6 to 0.2.7.post0 in the core group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1cb5e535d..1297b982c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "ansys-tools-path>=0.3.1",
     "appdirs>=1.4.0",
     "click>=8.1.3", # for CLI interface
-    "clr-loader==0.2.6",
+    "clr-loader==0.2.7.post0",
     "grpcio>=1.30.0",
     "protobuf>=3.12.2,<6",
     "psutil==6.1.0",