diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 50f59eda8..692b62038 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "azure-identity>=1.12.0,<2.0.0",
     "pandas>=1.5.2,<2.2.0",
     "jinja2>=3.1.2,<4.0.0",
-    "importlib_metadata>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
+    "importlib_metadata>=7.0.0",
     "semver>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
     "xlrd>=2.0.1,<3.0.0",
     "grpcio>=1.48.1",