diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90ef7f82b12..d3fe94f0a49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "drf-spectacular==0.27.2",  # We monkeypatch this so we need a very narrow requirement string
   "dynaconf>=3.1.12,<3.3.0",
   "gunicorn>=20.1,<23.1.0",
-  "importlib-metadata>=6.0.1,<=6.0.1",  # Pinned to fix opentelemetry dependency solving issues with pip
+  "importlib-metadata>=6.0.1,<=8.6.1",  # Pinned to fix opentelemetry dependency solving issues with pip
   "jinja2>=3.1,<=3.1.5",
   "json_stream>=2.3.2,<2.4",
   "jq>=1.6.0,<1.9.0",