diff --git a/cliff/command.py b/cliff/command.py
index f8e38ad5..1ba5190b 100644
--- a/cliff/command.py
+++ b/cliff/command.py
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@
 import abc
 import inspect
 
-import importlib_metadata
+try:
+    # Python 3.10 and later
+    from importlib.metadata import packages_distributions
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 3.9 and older
+    from importlib_metadata import packages_distributions
+
 from stevedore import extension
 
 from cliff import _argparse
@@ -34,8 +40,7 @@ def _get_distributions_by_modules():
         # There can be multiple distribution in the case of namespace packages
         # so we'll just grab the first one
         _dists_by_mods = {
-            k: v[0] for k, v in
-            importlib_metadata.packages_distributions().items()
+            k: v[0] for k, v in packages_distributions().items()
         }
     return _dists_by_mods
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79ed14f8..557b95aa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 autopage>=0.4.0 # Apache 2.0
-# TODO: Drop this when Python 3.10 is our minimum supported version
-importlib_metadata>=4.4 # Apache-2.0
+importlib_metadata>=4.4;python_version<"3.10" # Apache-2.0
 cmd2>=1.0.0 # MIT
 PrettyTable>=0.7.2 # BSD
 stevedore>=2.0.1 # Apache-2.0