diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index db2e999..db9fd1f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 cachetools>=4.2.4
 certifi==2026.2.25
 importlib-metadata>=4.0; python_version < '3.8'
-importlib-metadata>=4.0; python_version > '3.8'
 pendulum==2.1.2; python_version<='3.7'
 pendulum==3.2.0; python_version>='3.8'
 pyjwt>=2.4.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d28d3fa..4516c83 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def parse_requirements(requirement_file):
 
 
 setup(
-    version="10.19.4",
+    version="10.19.5",
     name="swimlane",
     author="Swimlane",
     author_email="info@swimlane.com",
diff --git a/swimlane/utils/version.py b/swimlane/utils/version.py
index b433c40..cd32584 100644
--- a/swimlane/utils/version.py
+++ b/swimlane/utils/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import functools
 import re
 
-from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8 (stdlib has no importlib.metadata)
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from swimlane.exceptions import InvalidSwimlaneBuildVersion