diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/setup.py b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/setup.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ with open(path.join(HERE, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 
-CHECKS_BASE_REQ = 'datadog-checks-base>=4.2.0'
+CHECKS_BASE_REQ = 'datadog-checks-base>=11.0.0'
 
 
 setup(
Bump datadog-checks-base version in new integration template (#<I>)