diff --git a/.buildkite/dagster-buildkite/dagster_buildkite/steps/packages.py b/.buildkite/dagster-buildkite/dagster_buildkite/steps/packages.py
index dbdbe6da6a5d4..0ed0a9cb6fbd1 100644
--- a/.buildkite/dagster-buildkite/dagster_buildkite/steps/packages.py
+++ b/.buildkite/dagster-buildkite/dagster_buildkite/steps/packages.py
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ def k8s_extra_cmds(version: str, _) -> List[str]:
     PackageSpec(
         "examples/experimental/dagster-airlift",
         unsupported_python_versions=[
-            AvailablePythonVersion.V3_8,
             AvailablePythonVersion.V3_12,
         ],
     ),
diff --git a/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/setup.py b/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/setup.py
index f456cc706666c..4766662c94b4d 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/setup.py
+++ b/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ def get_version() -> str:
             f"dagster{pin}",
         ],
         "in-airflow": airflow_dep_list,
-        "mwaa": ["boto3"],
+        "mwaa": [
+            "boto3>=1.18.0"
+        ],  # confirms that mwaa is available in the environment (can't find exactly which version adds mwaa support, but I can confirm that 1.18.0 and greater have it.)
         "dbt": ["dagster-dbt"],
         "k8s": ["dagster-k8s"],
         "test": ["pytest", "dagster-dbt", "dbt-duckdb", "boto3", "dagster-webserver"],