diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0178c41ff..574ff950d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ numpy>=1.15.0
 requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
 plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6
 pathlib==1.0.1; python_version < "3.4"
-importlib_metadata>=0.23; python_version < "3.8"
+importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 # Optional dependencies
 jsonschema>=2.6.0,<3.1.0
 # Development dependencies
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f3737b48e..d0fa9daf6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install_requires =
     wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=0.1.0,<1.1.0
     pathlib==1.0.1; python_version < "3.4"
-    importlib_metadata>=0.23; python_version < "3.8"
+    importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 
 [options.extras_require]
 lookups =