diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml b/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
index 5b2ac54af1..dcc9a2f168 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "setuptools >= 16.0",
     # FIXME This should be able to be removed after 3.12 is released if there is a reliable API
     # in importlib.metadata.
-    "importlib-metadata ~= 6.0.0",
+    "importlib-metadata ~= 6.0",
 ]
 dynamic = [
     "version",