diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8628bcf..eba4e5c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2484,4 +2484,4 @@ test = ["pytest"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "24714badd93d114b022de1b004a4f5ac90375f274da50af92531759b087b2b15"
+content-hash = "275ceab243767c8c412e01d85f447d142768bca5e72c87166dd4bbcdcd94b1f6"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b979d23..0c08fbf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fgpyo = {git ="https://github.com/fulcrumgenomics/fgpyo" , rev= "c5eb469a4fbe4f2
 pysam = "^0.22.1"
 ordered-set = "^4.1.0"
 primer3-py = "^2.0.3"
-pybwa = "^1.3.3"
+pybwa = "^1.4.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 poetry      = "^1.8.2"