diff --git a/bin/publish-pypi b/bin/publish-pypi
index 826054e9..05bfccbb 100644
--- a/bin/publish-pypi
+++ b/bin/publish-pypi
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 set -eux
 mkdir -p dist
 rye build --clean
+# Patching importlib-metadata version until upstream library version is updated
+# https://github.com/pypa/twine/issues/977#issuecomment-2189800841
+"$HOME/.rye/self/bin/python3" -m pip install 'importlib-metadata==7.2.1'
 rye publish --yes --token=$PYPI_TOKEN