diff --git a/.github/workflows/glogger.yml b/.github/workflows/glogger.yml
index 612c9d43..4ba9342e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/glogger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/glogger.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+        pip install --force-reinstall importlib_metadata~=4.8  # Added requirement separately since it stems from an errorneous lint. See the following link for more details: https://github.com/Granulate/granulate-utils/pull/82#discussion_r985745999
 
     - name: Run linters
       run: ./lint.sh --ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 580e79fe..886779c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+        pip install --force-reinstall importlib_metadata~=4.8  # Added requirement separately since it stems from an errorneous lint. See the following link for more details: https://github.com/Granulate/granulate-utils/pull/82#discussion_r985745999
 
     - name: Run linters
       run: ./lint.sh --ci
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 23182dff..c88bc431 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ dataclasses~=0.8; python_version < '3.7'
 typing-extensions>=4.1.0
 pyelftools~=0.28
 packaging~=21.2
-importlib_metadata~=4.8