diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 90d396fa..8070cdb8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pyflakes==3.2.0
 mccabe==0.7.0
 pycodestyle==2.12.0
 configparser==7.0.0
-importlib-metadata<8.3 # for flake8
+importlib-metadata<8.4 # for flake8
 typing_extensions==4.12.0
 zipp==3.20.0  # for flake8
 flake8==7.1.0