diff --git a/requirements_bundles.txt b/requirements_bundles.txt
index 3f57a20dd2..8fa61e172d 100644
--- a/requirements_bundles.txt
+++ b/requirements_bundles.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # It's automatically installed when running npm run bundle
 
 # These can be removed when upgrading to Python 3.x
-importlib-metadata>=1.6  # remove when on 3.8
+importlib-metadata==4.12.0  # 5.0.0 removed compatibility shims
 importlib_resources==1.5  # remove when on 3.9