diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
index 2dc76ffa5b9..e5d733c4bf4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux-core/package.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class FluxCore(AutotoolsPackage):
     # Use of distutils in configure script dropped in v0.55
     # Detection of cffi version fixed in v0.68
     depends_on("python@:3.11", when="@:0.67", type=("build", "link", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-cffi@1.1:", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("py-cffi@1.1:", type=("build", "link", "run"))
     depends_on("py-pyyaml@3.10:", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-jsonschema@2.3:", type=("build", "run"), when="@:0.58.0")
     depends_on("py-ply", type=("build", "run"), when="@0.46.1:")