diff --git a/bin/publish-pypi b/bin/publish-pypi
index ebebf91..826054e 100644
--- a/bin/publish-pypi
+++ b/bin/publish-pypi
@@ -3,8 +3,4 @@
 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
-"$HOME/.rye/self/bin/python3" -m ensurepip
-"$HOME/.rye/self/bin/python3" -m pip install 'importlib-metadata==7.2.1'
 rye publish --yes --token=$PYPI_TOKEN
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b6fca0b..91476df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ typecheck = { chain = [
 "typecheck:mypy" = "mypy ."
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
+requires = ["hatchling==1.26.3", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]