diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/contrib/bytewax/bytewax_materialization_engine.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/contrib/bytewax/bytewax_materialization_engine.py
index 70b4ee2a92..991eafa641 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/contrib/bytewax/bytewax_materialization_engine.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/contrib/bytewax/bytewax_materialization_engine.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BytewaxMaterializationEngineConfig(FeastConfigBaseModel):
     These environment variables can be used to reference Kubernetes secrets.
     """
 
-    image_pull_secrets: List[str] = []
+    image_pull_secrets: List[dict] = []
     """ (optional) The secrets to use when pulling the image to run for the materialization job """
 
     resources: dict = {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ba0409d5e..eb523fff8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 AWS_REQUIRED = ["boto3>=1.17.0,<=1.20.23", "docker>=5.0.2", "s3fs>=0.4.0,<=2022.01.0"]
 
-BYTEWAX_REQUIRED = ["bytewax==0.13.1", "docker>=5.0.2", "kubernetes<=20.13.0"]
+BYTEWAX_REQUIRED = ["bytewax==0.15.1", "docker>=5.0.2", "kubernetes<=20.13.0"]
 
 SNOWFLAKE_REQUIRED = [
     "snowflake-connector-python[pandas]>=2.7.3,<3",