diff --git a/CHANGES/997.feature b/CHANGES/997.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44e97f403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/997.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added core metadata to Simple API (PEP 714)
diff --git a/pulp_python/app/utils.py b/pulp_python/app/utils.py
index 6b5030c6e..5781ac7f5 100644
--- a/pulp_python/app/utils.py
+++ b/pulp_python/app/utils.py
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
     <h1>Links for {{ project_name }}</h1>
     {%- for pkg in project_packages %}
       <a href="{{ pkg.url }}#sha256={{ pkg.sha256 }}" rel="internal"
-      {%- if pkg.metadata_sha256 %} data-dist-info-metadata="sha256={{ pkg.metadata_sha256 }}"
+      {%- if pkg.metadata_sha256 %} data-dist-info-metadata="sha256={{ pkg.metadata_sha256 }}" data-core-metadata="sha256={{ pkg.metadata_sha256 }}"
       {%- endif %} {% if pkg.provenance -%}
       data-provenance="{{ pkg.provenance }}"{% endif %}>{{ pkg.filename }}</a><br/>
     {%- endfor %}
   </body>
 </html>
-"""
+"""  # noqa: E501
 
 DIST_EXTENSIONS = {
     ".whl": "bdist_wheel",
@@ -536,12 +536,14 @@ def write_simple_detail_json(project_name, project_packages):
                 "data-dist-info-metadata": (
                     {"sha256": package["metadata_sha256"]} if package["metadata_sha256"] else False
                 ),
+                # PEP 714
+                "core-metadata": (
+                    {"sha256": package["metadata_sha256"]} if package["metadata_sha256"] else False
+                ),
                 # yanked and yanked_reason are not implemented because they are mutable
                 # (v1.1, PEP 700)
                 "size": package["size"],
                 "upload-time": format_upload_time(package["upload_time"]),
-                # TODO in the future:
-                # core-metadata (PEP 7.14)
                 # (v1.3, PEP 740)
                 "provenance": package.get("provenance", None),
             }
diff --git a/pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py b/pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py
index 5043377ae..57b640d90 100644
--- a/pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py
+++ b/pulp_python/tests/functional/api/test_pypi_simple_api.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def test_simple_json_detail_api(
     assert file_whl["hashes"] == {"sha256": PYTHON_WHEEL_SHA256}
     assert file_whl["requires-python"] is None
     assert file_whl["data-dist-info-metadata"] == {"sha256": PYTHON_WHEEL_METADATA_SHA256}
+    assert file_whl["core-metadata"] == {"sha256": PYTHON_WHEEL_METADATA_SHA256}
     assert file_whl["size"] == 22455
     assert file_whl["upload-time"] is not None
     # Check data of a tarball
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ def test_simple_json_detail_api(
     assert file_tar["hashes"] == {"sha256": PYTHON_EGG_SHA256}
     assert file_tar["requires-python"] is None
     assert file_tar["data-dist-info-metadata"] is False
+    assert file_tar["core-metadata"] is False
     assert file_tar["size"] == 19097
     assert file_tar["upload-time"] is not None
     assert file_tar["provenance"] is None
diff --git a/pulp_python/tests/functional/utils.py b/pulp_python/tests/functional/utils.py
index cd8354fda..2e6d1f40c 100644
--- a/pulp_python/tests/functional/utils.py
+++ b/pulp_python/tests/functional/utils.py
@@ -6,24 +6,23 @@
 
 def _validate_metadata_sha_digest(link, filename, metadata_sha_digests):
     """
-    Validate data-dist-info-metadata attribute for a release link.
+    Validate data-dist-info-metadata and data-core-metadata attributes for a release link.
     """
-    data_dist_info_metadata = link.get("data-dist-info-metadata")
+    expected_metadata_sha = metadata_sha_digests.get(filename)
+    expected_attr = f"sha256={expected_metadata_sha}" if expected_metadata_sha else None
 
-    if expected_metadata_sha := metadata_sha_digests.get(filename):
-        expected_attr = f"sha256={expected_metadata_sha}"
-        if data_dist_info_metadata != expected_attr:
-            return (
-                f"\nFile {filename} has incorrect data-dist-info-metadata: "
-                f"expected '{expected_attr}', got '{data_dist_info_metadata}'"
-            )
-    else:
-        if data_dist_info_metadata:
-            return (
-                f"\nFile {filename} should not have data-dist-info-metadata "
-                f"but has '{data_dist_info_metadata}'"
-            )
-    return ""
+    msgs = ""
+    for attr_name in ["data-dist-info-metadata", "data-core-metadata"]:
+        attr_value = link.get(attr_name)
+        if attr_value != expected_attr:
+            if expected_attr:
+                msgs += (
+                    f"\nFile {filename} has incorrect {attr_name}: "
+                    f"expected '{expected_attr}', got '{attr_value}'"
+                )
+            else:
+                msgs += f"\nFile {filename} should not have {attr_name} but has '{attr_value}'"
+    return msgs
 
 
 def ensure_simple(simple_url, packages, sha_digests=None, metadata_sha_digests=None):