diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16dc821..3734639 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "chatnoir-api~=2.0",
-    "importlib-metadata>=4,<8",
+    "importlib-metadata>=4,<9",
     "pandas>=1.2,<3.0",
     "python-terrier>=0.9.2,<0.11.0",
     "pyjnius~=1.4",