diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 864ab833..f1707803 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Flask-SocketIO==5.3.3
 gitdb==4.0.10
 GitPython==3.1.30
 hiredis==2.2.2
-importlib-metadata==6.6.0
+importlib-metadata==4.12.0
 iniconfig==2.0.0
 ipdb==0.13.13
 ipython==7.31.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4090ee50..036e74cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ greenlet==2.0.2
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 hiredis==2.2.2
 idna==3.4
-importlib-metadata==6.6.0
+importlib-metadata==4.8.2
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 MarkupSafe==2.1.1