diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/378.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/378.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..277903c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/378.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump importlib-metadata from 8.7.0 to 8.7.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d86c442f..e44b6f82 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ authors = [{ name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com" }]
 maintainers = [{ name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com" }]
 dependencies = [
     "GitPython==3.1.45",
-    "importlib-metadata==8.7.0",
+    "importlib-metadata==8.7.1",
     "Jinja2==3.1.6",
     "reuse==5.1.1",
     "requests==2.32.5",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2dc6450c..a203c5cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def run(self):
     python_requires=">=3.10,<4",
     install_requires=[
         "GitPython==3.1.45",
-        "importlib-metadata==8.7.0",
+        "importlib-metadata==8.7.1",
         "Jinja2==3.1.6",
         "reuse==5.1.1",
         "requests==2.32.5",