diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
index 1b1fcdde3007..8f6882bb660c 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ aiosignal==1.3.1 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"
 alabaster==0.7.13 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"
 anyio==4.4.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"
 ase==3.23.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"
+astropy==5.2.2 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.10"
+astropy==6.1.1 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.13"
 async-timeout==4.0.3 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.11"
 attrs==23.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"
 axe-selenium-python==2.1.6 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "3.13"