diff --git a/CHANGES/2654.misc b/CHANGES/2654.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06780110f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/2654.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enable use of pulpcore SystemID in galaxy_ng
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.common.txt b/requirements/requirements.common.txt
index 0bc4da689d..4f90c7a52d 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.common.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.common.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ pulp-container==2.15.2
     # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 pulp-glue==0.19.5
     # via pulpcore
-pulpcore==3.28.10
+pulpcore==3.28.12
     # via
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
     #   pulp-ansible
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.insights.txt b/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
index efd7440988..eb0565e2d4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.insights.txt
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ pulp-container==2.15.2
     # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 pulp-glue==0.19.5
     # via pulpcore
-pulpcore==3.28.10
+pulpcore==3.28.12
     # via
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
     #   pulp-ansible
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt b/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
index 8e0f944244..14f4d41ed3 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.standalone.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ pulp-container==2.15.2
     # via galaxy-ng (setup.py)
 pulp-glue==0.19.5
     # via pulpcore
-pulpcore==3.28.10
+pulpcore==3.28.12
     # via
     #   galaxy-ng (setup.py)
     #   pulp-ansible
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b60e707132..e508eab5d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def _format_pulp_requirement(plugin, specifier=None, ref=None, gh_namespace="pul
 
 requirements = [
     "galaxy-importer>=0.4.13,<0.5.0",
-    "pulpcore>=3.28.10,<3.29.0",
+    "pulpcore>=3.28.12,<3.29.0",
     "pulp_ansible>=0.19.0,<0.20.0",
     "django-prometheus>=2.0.0",
     "drf-spectacular",