diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 605de8a7b8a..b132374b4d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "cattrs",
     "ddsketch>=2.0.1",
     "envier",
-    "importlib_metadata; python_version<'3.8'",
+    "importlib_metadata<=6.5.0; python_version<'3.8'",
     "opentelemetry-api>=1",
     "protobuf>=3",
     "setuptools; python_version>='3.12'",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/pin-importlib-to-6.5.0-to-avoid-importlib-issue-455-d098894f7a29591b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/pin-importlib-to-6.5.0-to-avoid-importlib-issue-455-d098894f7a29591b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97be5da5ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/pin-importlib-to-6.5.0-to-avoid-importlib-issue-455-d098894f7a29591b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Pin importlib_metadata to 6.5.0 to avoid its issue 455 (https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/455).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f5130d91c3..47105c15fb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def get_ddup_ext():
         "cattrs",
         "six>=1.12.0",
         "typing_extensions",
-        "importlib_metadata; python_version<'3.8'",
+        "importlib_metadata<=6.5.0; python_version<'3.8'",
         "xmltodict>=0.12",
         "envier",
         "opentelemetry-api>=1",