diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b281af1d..b4e48f47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "platformdirs>=4.0.0, <5.0.0",
     "rich>=14.0.0, <15.0.0",
     "mock>4.0, <5.0",
-    "importlib-metadata<7.0,>=1.4.0",
+    "importlib-metadata<=9.0,>=1.4.0",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [