diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 30ce8aeb7a..b7f1e5d496 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ tweakreg
 - Added option to choose IRAFStarFinder and segmentation.SourceFinder
   instead of DAOStarFinder and exposed star finder parameters. [#8203]
 
+general
+-------
+
+- Update minimum required photutils version to 1.5.0 [#8211]
 
 1.13.3 (01-05-2024)
 ===================
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03e8bd634d..2a5207eb68 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "gwcs>=0.20.0,<0.21.0",
     "numpy>=1.22",
     "opencv-python-headless>=4.6.0.66",
-    "photutils>=1.4.0",
+    "photutils>=1.5.0",
     "psutil>=5.7.2",
     "poppy>=1.0.2",
     "pyparsing>=2.2.1",