diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/README.md b/src/plugins/lua/README.md
index ba5fbba8d94..2607d47f182 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Can contain newlines.
     disabledByDefault = false,
 
     dependencies = {
-        { name="Core", version = "12.0.0" }
+        { name="Core", version = "14.0.0" }
     },
 } --[[@as QtcPlugin]]
 ```
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.cpp b/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.cpp
index c3fcd558a55..4d0e9d76708 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <extensionsystem/extensionsystemtr.h>
 
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
+#include <utils/appinfo.h>
 #include <utils/expected.h>
 
 #include <QJsonDocument>
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@ ExtensionSystem::IPlugin *LuaPluginSpec::plugin() const
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+bool LuaPluginSpec::provides(PluginSpec *spec, const PluginDependency &dependency) const
+{
+    if (QString::compare(dependency.name, spec->name(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) != 0)
+        return false;
+
+    // Since we first released the lua support with Qt Creator 14.0.0, but the internal version
+    // number was still 13.0.82, we needed to special case this version.
+    if (versionCompare(dependency.version, "14.0.0") <= 0)
+        return true;
+
+    return (versionCompare(spec->version(), dependency.version) >= 0);
+}
+
 // LuaPluginSpec::For internal use {}
 bool LuaPluginSpec::loadLibrary()
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.h b/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.h
index 7c2ab3318bd..ff042416669 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.h
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/luapluginspec.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public:
 
     ExtensionSystem::IPlugin *plugin() const override;
 
+    bool provides(
+        PluginSpec *spec, const ExtensionSystem::PluginDependency &dependency) const override;
+
     // For internal use only
     bool loadLibrary() override;
     bool initializePlugin() override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/meta/qtc.lua b/src/plugins/lua/meta/qtc.lua
index cc7de85f057..c4b1a10bea0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/meta/qtc.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/meta/qtc.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ QtcPlugin = {}
 ---@class QtcPluginDependency
 ---@field Name string The name of the dependency.
 ---@field Version string The version of the dependency. (`major.minor.patch`)
----@field Required boolean Whether the dependency is required or not.
+---@field Required? "required"|"optional"|"test" Whether the dependency is required or not. (Default: "required")
 QtcPluginDependency = {}
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/wizards/plugin/plugin.lua.tpl b/src/plugins/lua/wizards/plugin/plugin.lua.tpl
index 9675a2a0051..67d6e2966dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/wizards/plugin/plugin.lua.tpl
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/wizards/plugin/plugin.lua.tpl
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ This plugin provides some functionality.
 You can describe it more here.
     ]],
     Dependencies = {
-        { Name = "Core", Version = "%{JS: Util.qtCreatorIdeVersion()}", Required = true },
-        { Name = "Lua",  Version = "%{JS: Util.qtCreatorIdeVersion()}", Required = true },
+        { Name = "Lua",  Version = "%{JS: Util.qtCreatorIdeVersion()}" },
     },
     setup = function()
         require 'init'.setup()
diff --git a/src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua b/src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua
index 843d18189e4..5a68388dd06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/luals/luals/luals.lua
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ This plugin provides the Lua Language Server.
 It will try to install it if it is not found.
     ]],
     Dependencies = {
-        { Name = "Core",              Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
-        { Name = "Lua",               Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
-        { Name = "LuaLanguageClient", Version = "13.0.82", Required = true }
+        { Name = "Lua",               Version = "14.0.0" },
+        { Name = "LuaLanguageClient", Version = "14.0.0" }
     },
     setup = function()
         require 'init'.setup()
diff --git a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua b/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua
index 4d22738f3bc..e85f0d95278 100644
--- a/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/luatests/luatests/luatests.lua
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ return {
         It has tests for (almost) all functionality exposed by the API.
     ]],
     Dependencies = {
-        { Name = "Core", Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
-        { Name = "Lua",  Version = "13.0.82", Required = true }
+        { Name = "Lua",  Version = "14.0.0" }
     },
     setup = function() require 'tests'.setup() end,
     printToOutputPane = true,
diff --git a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua b/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua
index ae2a5c6eb48..7e0056de25f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/rustls/rustls/rustls.lua
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ This plugin provides the Rust Language Server.
 It will try to install it if it is not found.
     ]],
     Dependencies = {
-        { Name = "Core",              Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
-        { Name = "Lua",               Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
-        { Name = "LuaLanguageClient", Version = "13.0.82", Required = true }
+        { Name = "Lua",               Version = "14.0.0" },
+        { Name = "LuaLanguageClient", Version = "14.0.0" }
     },
     setup = function()
         require 'init'.setup()
diff --git a/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua b/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
index 680e0420d2f..58d07e0b178 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/tellajoke/tellajoke/tellajoke.lua
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ return {
     Category = "Fun",
     Description = "This plugin adds an action that tells a joke.",
     Dependencies = {
-        { Name = "Lua", Version = "13.0.82", Required = true },
+        { Name = "Lua", Version = "14.0.0" },
     },
     setup = setup,
 } --[[@as QtcPlugin]]