diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index fc7a3a0a18..0b83cd9c1b 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 c2cciutils[checks,publish]==1.5.10
+importlib-metadata<8.0.0
 pre-commit==3.0.4
 requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 cryptography>=42.0.8 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability