diff --git a/changes/509.feature.rst b/changes/509.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..badf1303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/509.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Adds basic keyword group to both L1 Guidewindow datamodels
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 319f6a70..ee0acb6c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "asdf >=3.3.0",
+  "asdf >=4.1.0",
   "lz4 >= 4.3.0",
-  "asdf-astropy >=0.5.0",
+  "asdf-astropy >=0.6.0",
   "gwcs >=0.19.0",
   "numpy >=1.24",
   "astropy >=5.3.0",
-  # "rad >=0.23.1",
+  # "rad >=0.24.0",
   "rad @ git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/rad.git",
   "asdf-standard >=1.1.0",
   "pyarrow >= 10.0.1",
diff --git a/src/roman_datamodels/maker_utils/_common_meta.py b/src/roman_datamodels/maker_utils/_common_meta.py
index 9d102cd2..b60d527e 100644
--- a/src/roman_datamodels/maker_utils/_common_meta.py
+++ b/src/roman_datamodels/maker_utils/_common_meta.py
@@ -547,9 +547,8 @@ def mk_l1_face_guidewindow_meta(mode="WSM", **kwargs):
     metadata)
     """
 
-    meta = {}
+    meta = mk_basic_meta(**kwargs)
 
-    meta["model_type"] = kwargs.get("model_type", NOSTR)
     meta["optical_element"] = kwargs.get("optical_element", "F158")
     meta["fgs_modes_used"] = kwargs.get("fgs_modes_used", ["NOT_CONFIGURED"])
     meta["ma_table_ids_used"] = kwargs.get("ma_table_ids_used", [NOSTR])
@@ -653,8 +652,8 @@ def mk_l1_detector_guidewindow_meta(mode="WSM", **kwargs):
     dict (defined by the l1_detector_guidewindow-1.0.0 schema with additional guidewindow metadata)
     """
 
-    meta = {}
-    meta["model_type"] = kwargs.get("model_type", NOSTR)
+    meta = mk_basic_meta(**kwargs)
+
     meta["fgs_modes_used"] = kwargs.get("fgs_modes_used", ["NOT_CONFIGURED"])
     meta["acq_ma_table_id"] = kwargs.get("acq_ma_table_id", NOSTR)
     meta["acq_gw_cycles_per_sci_read"] = kwargs.get("acq_gw_cycles_per_sci_read", NONUM)