diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index c62ae2662..a80b05dab 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ numpy==1.21.5
 pandas==1.3.5
 protobuf==3.20.1
 requests==2.28.1
-importlib_metadata<5.0
+importlib_metadata<7.0