diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/7422-dependabot.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/7422-dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..247e9fd9b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/7422-dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+change-type: patch
+description: Bump importlib-metadata from 7.0.2 to 7.1.0
+destination-branches:
+- iso7
+sections: {}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6696f87f8..3c3481b5a2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cryptography==42.0.5
 docstring-parser==0.16
 email-validator==2.1.1
 execnet==1.9.0
-importlib_metadata==7.0.2
+importlib_metadata==7.1.0
 jinja2==3.1.3
 more-itertools==10.2.0
 packaging==24.0