diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
index ccd8c2750ce9..492ebd084f29 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ h5py==3.12.1 ; python_full_version >= '3.9'
 humanfriendly==10.0
 idna==3.10
 importlib-metadata==8.5.0
-importlib-resources==6.4.5 ; python_full_version < '3.9'
+importlib-resources==6.4.5 ; python_full_version < '3.12'
 isa-rwval @ git+https://github.com/nsoranzo/isa-rwval.git@3d989181058d2765a93cb0e7ca85d6955e0eb6ef
 isal==1.7.1
 isodate==0.6.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08ba68afcd48..0b86f368ee7a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "h5grove>=1.2.1",
     "h5py",  # Python 3.8 support
     "h5py>=3.12 ; python_version>='3.9'",  # Python 3.13 support
-    "importlib-resources ; python_version<'3.9'",  # for importlib.{abc.Traversable,resources.{files, Package}}
+    "importlib-resources ; python_version<'3.12'",  # for importlib.{abc.Traversable,resources.{files, Package}}
     "isa-rwval @ git+https://github.com/nsoranzo/isa-rwval.git@master",  # https://github.com/ISA-tools/isa-rwval/pull/17
     "isal>=1.7.0",  # Python 3.13 support
     "jinja2",