diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3366.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/3366.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..626e70478b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3366.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build: bump importlib-metadata from 8.2.0 to 8.4.0 in the minimal group
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diff --git a/minimum_requirements.txt b/minimum_requirements.txt
index 2dabc2d709..b7a3750652 100644
--- a/minimum_requirements.txt
+++ b/minimum_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ansys-api-mapdl==0.5.2
-importlib-metadata==8.2.0
+importlib-metadata==8.4.0
 numpy==1.26.4
 platformdirs==4.2.2
 psutil==6.0.0