diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a5207eb68..14a236640f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "stpipe>=0.5.0,<0.6.0",
     "stsci.image>=2.3.5",
     "stsci.imagestats>=1.6.3",
-    "tweakwcs>=0.8.3",
+    "tweakwcs>=0.8.6",
     "asdf-astropy>=0.3.0",
     "wiimatch>=0.2.1",
     "packaging>20.0",