diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5c9581a8..5666ff8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ configparser==5.3.0
 flake8==6.0.0
 pycodestyle==2.10.0
 typing_extensions==4.7.1
-importlib-metadata<6.8  # for flake8
+importlib-metadata<6.9  # for flake8
 zipp==3.15.0  # for flake8
 tornado==6.3.2
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.2