The effect of Dzialoshiski-Moriya (DM) interaction and anisotropy on the thermal entanglement of a two-qutrit XXZ spin chain is investigated. Our analysis implies that the DM interaction and weak anisotropy can enhance the thermal entanglement to a maximum value while the strong anisotropy plays a positive role in shrinking thermal entanglement. Furthermore, we find that the entanglement evolution in terms of anisotropy is sensitive to weak anisotropy.