diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d36448524..53ec3703cf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def package_files(prefix: str, directory: str, extension: str):
     'tabulate==0.9.0',  # for auto-generating tables
     'py-cpuinfo>=8.0.0,<10',
     'packaging>=21.3.0,<24.2',
-    'importlib-metadata>=5.0.0,<7',
+    'importlib-metadata>=5.0.0,<9',
     'mosaicml-cli>=0.5.25,<0.7',
     'pillow>=10.3.0,<11',
 ]