diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7e6c52ba..02a3ea51 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -568,13 +568,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "importlib-metadata"
-version = "6.11.0"
+version = "7.0.1"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.11.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f0afba6205ad8f8947c7d338b5342d5db2afbfd82f9cbef7879a9539cc12eb9b"},
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.11.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1231cf92d825c9e03cfc4da076a16de6422c863558229ea0b22b675657463443"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4805911c3a4ec7c3966410053e9ec6a1fecd629117df5adee56dfc9432a1081e"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-7.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f238736bb06590ae52ac1fab06a3a9ef1d8dce2b7a35b5ab329371d6c8f5d2cc"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1512,13 +1512,27 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "singer-sdk"
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 version = "0.36.1"
+||||||| parent of d511db9 (chore: Bump SDK to prerelease)
+version = "0.35.2"
+=======
+version = "0.36.0rc1"
+>>>>>>> d511db9 (chore: Bump SDK to prerelease)
 description = "A framework for building Singer taps"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     {file = "singer_sdk-0.36.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bce8c65320df77cd666db7033dc58fecc3af9af9bb777299f1c5a07faef32fd9"},
     {file = "singer_sdk-0.36.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:445263e9da946191e5a30b4464533b659f8fd9d8a6767cd66124e948ba6bf554"},
+||||||| parent of d511db9 (chore: Bump SDK to prerelease)
+    {file = "singer_sdk-0.35.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:771c7e0b9a4da0e193f5bd4a5b79bf33f6783f189c6fc13aaa38c18663e90afd"},
+    {file = "singer_sdk-0.35.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e8763759660baa4636f2956532227f924a303ce1ff2f40ca92acc910e516f793"},
+=======
+    {file = "singer_sdk-0.36.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a92cd4c2bedbfe24987039b0f35451385e1d226f7d32e8b3eb9004f1e7578dd6"},
+    {file = "singer_sdk-0.36.0rc1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:188eca5b884fbbd1ae2353b7013fec205fe915c5eadd506833898ede9dd47fb0"},
+>>>>>>> d511db9 (chore: Bump SDK to prerelease)
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a0c4540a..57be8633 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ sqlalchemy = "~=2.0"
 sshtunnel = "0.4.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies.singer-sdk]
-version = "~=0.36.0"
+allow-prereleases = true
+version = ">=0.36.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = ">=7.4.2"
diff --git a/target_postgres/tests/test_target_postgres.py b/target_postgres/tests/test_target_postgres.py
index 9bc0acc1..705930cf 100644
--- a/target_postgres/tests/test_target_postgres.py
+++ b/target_postgres/tests/test_target_postgres.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import jsonschema
 import pytest
 import sqlalchemy
 from singer_sdk.exceptions import InvalidRecord, MissingKeyPropertiesError