diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 32aef336..5a289241 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tests = ["moto==5.1.22", "pytest-cov==7.0.0", "pytest==9.0.2"]
 vis = ["matplotlib", "pydot"]
 fireworks = ["FireWorks"]
 strict = [
-    "FireWorks==2.0.9",
+    "FireWorks==2.1.2",
     "PyYAML==6.0.3",
     "maggma==0.72.1",
     "matplotlib==3.10.8",