diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d14eb8..f7f9f33 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ packages = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.11,<4.0"
-importlib-metadata = {version = "^4.0", python = "<3.8"}
+importlib-metadata = {version = "^7.0", python = "<3.8"}
 
 # Optional documentation dependencies
 [tool.poetry.group.doc]