diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5500c96..ec4fb24 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
 click = "*"
-importlib-metadata = "^4.8.0"
+importlib-metadata = ">=4.8.0"
 rdflib = ">=6.3.2"
 jsonasobj2 = "^1.0.4"
 xmltodict = "^0.13.0"