4 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/12384.misc b/changelog.d/12384.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a60f32876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12384.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make missing `importlib_metadata` dependency explicit.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d4bf972c43..17430cbfa6 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ url_preview = ["lxml"]
[metadata]
lock-version = "1.1"
python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "92465e65bef59c43c6112f332e5cf987740899801dbd34c19245db15b5c6362d"
+content-hash = "7ff6d982a9d6675cb595b216b23549ef1942d0e39cb91c97494ff6ed95a9e8d2"
[metadata.files]
appdirs = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19ffdc7b2c..92ea302b75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ ijson = ">=3.1.4"
matrix-common = "~=1.1.0"
# We need packaging.requirements.Requirement, added in 16.1.
packaging = ">=16.1"
+# At the time of writing, we only use functions from the version `importlib.metadata`
+# which shipped in Python 3.8. This corresponds to version 1.4 of the backport.
+importlib_metadata = { version = ">=1.4", python = "<3.8" }
# Optional Dependencies
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 8419ab3aca..cd68aa362e 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
"matrix-common~=1.1.0",
# We need packaging.requirements.Requirement, added in 16.1.
"packaging>=16.1",
+ # At the time of writing, we only use functions from the version `importlib.metadata`
+ # which shipped in Python 3.8. This corresponds to version 1.4 of the backport.
+ "importlib_metadata>=1.4",
]
CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS = {
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