diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1990b6a02..6103cd7fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "django-widget-tweaks>=1.5,<2.0",
   "djangorestframework>=3.15,<4.0",
   "drf-extensions>=0.7.1,<1.0",
-  "importlib_metadata=<8.4.0",  # upstrem problem, see https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/506
+  "importlib_metadata<8.5.0",  # upstrem problem, see https://github.com/python/importlib_metadata/issues/506
   "iso8601>=2.0,<3.0",
   "markdown>=3.4,<4.0",
   "packaging>=23.2,<25.0",