diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2a4af082..0ba162b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pep8==1.7.1
 mccabe==0.7.0
 pycodestyle==2.12.0
 configparser==7.1.0
-importlib-metadata<8.5 # for flake8
+importlib-metadata<8.6 # for flake8
 typing_extensions==4.12.2
 zipp==3.20.0  # for flake8
 flake8==7.1.0