diff --git a/gwcs/converters/wcs.py b/gwcs/converters/wcs.py
index bfaab5bd..313d6d10 100644
--- a/gwcs/converters/wcs.py
+++ b/gwcs/converters/wcs.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import warnings
+from contextlib import suppress
 from asdf.extension import Converter
 
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def from_yaml_tree(self, node, tag, ctx):
 
         # Ignore the warning about the bounding box order for data read from a
         # file. This is causing issues with files from MAST.
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        with suppress(AttributeError), warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=GwcsBoundingBoxWarning)
             _ = gwcsobj.bounding_box