diff --git a/changelog.d/bump-pe-core-3.25.fixed.md b/changelog.d/bump-pe-core-3.25.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58d558a6cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/bump-pe-core-3.25.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump `policyengine-core` minimum to `>=3.25.0` to pick up the `set_input` preservation fix from PolicyEngine/policyengine-core#475. Addresses the `state_fips` / `tax_unit_itemizes` / household-dataset regression (PolicyEngine/policyengine-us#8058) where `apply_reform` wiped user-provided dataset inputs during structural reforms.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0f600aa89e5..cad2d0df376 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "microdf-python>=1.0.0",
     "pandas>=2.0",
-    "policyengine-core>=3.24.4",
+    "policyengine-core>=3.25.1",
     "spm-calculator>=0.2.0",
     "tables>=3.9",
     "tqdm>=4.67.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 48bddffa2fe..365f5684780 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "policyengine-us"
-version = "1.653.3"
+version = "1.653.4"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "microdf-python" },
@@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "jupyter-book", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=1.0.4.post1" },
     { name = "microdf-python", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.0" },
-    { name = "policyengine-core", specifier = ">=3.24.4" },
+    { name = "policyengine-core", specifier = ">=3.25.1" },
     { name = "ruff", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=0.9.0" },
     { name = "setuptools", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=80.9.0" },
     { name = "spm-calculator", specifier = ">=0.2.0" },