diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 50150e6ac..d79bb8840 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Pluralize.NET" Version="1.0.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="PowerShellStandard.Library" Version="5.1.1" />
+    <!-- Please update minimumPowerShellCoreVersion in PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1 when updating below SMA version for better user-facing error message -->
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Management.Automation" Version="7.4.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reflection.TypeExtensions" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Engine/PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1 b/Engine/PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1
index 166e48e61..121e96d6f 100644
--- a/Engine/PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1
+++ b/Engine/PSScriptAnalyzer.psm1
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $PSModuleRoot = $PSModule.ModuleBase
 
 # Import the appropriate nested binary module based on the current PowerShell version
 $binaryModuleRoot = $PSModuleRoot
-[Version] $minimumPowerShellCoreVersion = '7.2.11'
+[Version] $minimumPowerShellCoreVersion = '7.4.7'
 if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 6) {
     $binaryModuleRoot = Join-Path -Path $PSModuleRoot -ChildPath "PSv$($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major)"
     # Minimum PowerShell Core version given by PowerShell Core support itself and