diff --git a/extensions/gubbins/pixi.toml b/extensions/gubbins/pixi.toml
index 923cf1f89..d0e3fc748 100644
--- a/extensions/gubbins/pixi.toml
+++ b/extensions/gubbins/pixi.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ipython = ">=9.2.0"
 python-gfal2 = "*"
 m2crypto = "*"
 # opentelemetry-api requires importlib-metadata<8.8.0
-importlib-metadata = "<8.8.0"
+importlib-metadata = "<8.8.1"
 
 # Gubbins features for providing dependencies
 [feature.gubbins.pypi-dependencies]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ gubbins-logic = { path = "./gubbins-logic", editable = true, extras = ["testing"
 [feature.gubbins-routers.pypi-dependencies]
 gubbins-routers = { path = "./gubbins-routers", editable = true, extras = ["testing"] }
 # opentelemetry-api requires importlib-metadata<8.8.0
-importlib-metadata = "<8.8.0"
+importlib-metadata = "<8.8.1"
 
 # Gubbins features for providing tasks. This is needed to make it so that running
 # "pixi run pytest-gubbins-core -vvv --pdb" passes the arguments as expected.
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index f680d127b..de4c2b499 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ipython = ">=9.2.0"
 python-gfal2 = "*"
 m2crypto = "*"
 # opentelemetry-api requires importlib-metadata<8.8.0
-importlib-metadata = "<8.8.0"
+importlib-metadata = "<8.8.1"
 
 # DiracX features for providing dependencies
 [feature.diracx.pypi-dependencies]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ diracx-logic = { path = "diracx-logic", editable = true, extras = ["testing"] }
 [feature.diracx-routers.pypi-dependencies]
 diracx-routers = { path = "diracx-routers", editable = true, extras = ["testing"] }
 # opentelemetry-api requires importlib-metadata<8.8.0
-importlib-metadata = "<8.8.0"
+importlib-metadata = "<8.8.1"
 
 # DiracX features for providing tasks. This is needed to make it so that running
 # "pixi run pytest-diracx-core -vvv --pdb" passes the arguments as expected.