diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3ab617e..5fb760a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -56,21 +56,22 @@ typing-extensions = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aw-core"
-version = "0.5.17"
+version = "0.5.18"
 description = "Core library for ActivityWatch"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.8"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "aw_core-0.5.17-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8c3dae7fddd23984f7711e4ff7933ba45ce25e5e416fdde4a9f1677e95c64feb"},
-    {file = "aw_core-0.5.17.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f8ac5418d6a1de2b868bc75447d4d495aebc577a77eea56ba11dc2bde3771e27"},
+    {file = "aw_core-0.5.18-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6e3df7b46e913d631e0dc8b1b10046c111284a9f4240bec8efd279ce4e438cd5"},
+    {file = "aw_core-0.5.18.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dc14867ed15b4529d6e69b1d07df3fb29c91ccf7ab174de3f9100b90a95cc826"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
+click = "*"
 deprecation = "*"
 iso8601 = "*"
 jsonschema = ">=4.3,<5.0"
-peewee = "==3.*"
+peewee = ">=3.0.0,<5.0.0"
 platformdirs = "3.10"
 rfc3339-validator = ">=0.1.4,<0.2.0"
 strict-rfc3339 = ">=0.7,<0.8"
@@ -1191,4 +1192,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "0b78e48db7a29818d47702721422924b6d8e29aa9b14e7be2bda6b91d0a3c178"
+content-hash = "370151e1033b3e3d1c635d9d6ce131af2633bbf6642c9d4e3d11baa38258d60f"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c73dde..02fb20c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ aw-server = "aw_server:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
-aw-core = "^0.5.8"
+aw-core = "^0.5.18"
 aw-client = "^0.5.8"
 flask = "^2.2"
 flask-restx = "^1.0.3"
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_config.py b/tests/test_profile_config.py
index 718ca68..3be4ade 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_config.py
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ def test_named_profile_config_is_isolated_from_default(xdg_tmp, monkeypatch):
     share ~/.config/activitywatch/aw-server."""
     import aw_core.dirs as dirs
 
-    if not hasattr(dirs, "_get_appname"):
-        pytest.skip("aw-core < 0.5.17 does not suffix dirs by AW_PROFILE")
-
     export_profile("research")
     research_dir = dirs.get_config_dir("aw-server")
     export_profile(DEFAULT_PROFILE)