diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index 21325ac02..3d5fbca81 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ poetry-plugin-export==1.8.0
 poetry-plugin-tweak-dependencies-version==1.5.2
 pre-commit==3.7.1
 poetry-plugin-drop-python-upper-constraint==0.1.0
-importlib-metadata<8.0.1
+importlib-metadata<8.0.0