diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 4ab6e35ccf..bbd37047e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ general
 
 - Increase minimum required stdatamodels. [#8797]
 
+- bump dependency to use ``stcal 1.9.0`` [#8808]
+
 klip
 ----
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b259690ac..dd65909821 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scikit-image>=0.19",
     "scipy>=1.9.3",
     "spherical-geometry>=1.2.22",
-    "stcal>=1.8.0,<1.9.0",
+    "stcal>=1.9.0,<1.10.0",
     "stdatamodels>=2.1.0,<2.2.0",
     "stpipe>=0.7.0,<0.8.0",
     "stsci.imagestats>=1.6.3",