diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 65fae44b0..333be56f8 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ classy-vision>=0.6.0
 flake8==3.9.0
 fsspec[s3]==2022.1.0
 hydra-core
-importlib-metadata
+importlib-metadata<5.0
 ipython
 kfp==1.8.9
 moto==3.0.2