diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 474804e2..5ad70322 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pyflakes==3.1.0
 mccabe==0.7.0
 configparser==6.0.0
 pycodestyle==2.11.0
-importlib-metadata<6.9 # for flake8
+importlib-metadata<7.1 # for flake8
 typing_extensions==4.8.0
 zipp==3.17.0  # for flake8
 flake8==6.1.0