diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix
index 90a1aa3971a6..7227eb183c2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipyparallel/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   decorator,
-  entrypoints,
   fetchPypi,
   hatchling,
+  importlib-metadata,
   ipykernel,
   ipython,
   jupyter-client,
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ipyparallel";
-  version = "8.8.0";
+  version = "9.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-JATVn4ajqqO9J79rV993e/9cE2PBxuYEA3WdFu1C3Hs=";
+    hash = "sha256-cGAcuvmhadNQ/+IsgtW73+bf5MTfAoNtmZDpxVm1vLY=";
   };
 
   # We do not need the jupyterlab build dependency, because we do not need to
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [
     decorator
-    entrypoints
     ipykernel
     ipython
     jupyter-client
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tornado
     tqdm
     traitlets
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.10") importlib-metadata;
 
   # Requires access to cluster
   doCheck = false;