diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f81969509..cd9e86a18 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pyflakes==2.2.0
 mccabe==0.6.1
 configparser==5.0.1
 pycodestyle==2.6.0
-importlib-metadata==3.3.0  # for flake8
+importlib-metadata==3.4.0  # for flake8
 zipp==3.4.0  # for flake8
 flake8==3.8.4
 tornado==6.1