diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index 2ebf32979..e689f2fe4 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ watchdog~=2.1.2
 
 ## Pin third party dependency to avoid issue with latest version
 asgiref==3.3.4 #1516
+importlib_metadata==4.13.0 # python 3.7 compatibility
 sentry-sdk==1.9.5