diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9fbaf5e6..7fdaf6f4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ vine==1.3.0
 cdist==5.0.1
 git+https://github.com/ungleich/djangocms-multisite.git#egg=djangocms_multisite
 pyotp
+importlib_metadata<5