diff --git a/changelog/1024.misc.rst b/changelog/1024.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4448c34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/1024.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Only require ``importlib_metadata`` on older Pythons.
diff --git a/twine/__init__.py b/twine/__init__.py
index 0952da38..c6147574 100644
--- a/twine/__init__.py
+++ b/twine/__init__.py
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2019 Donald Stufft and individual contributors"
 
-import email
+import email.utils
+import sys
 
-import importlib_metadata
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata
 
 metadata = importlib_metadata.metadata("twine")
 
diff --git a/twine/cli.py b/twine/cli.py
index debe6199..749a6452 100644
--- a/twine/cli.py
+++ b/twine/cli.py
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import argparse
 import logging.config
+import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 
-import importlib_metadata
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata
+
 import rich
 import rich.highlighter
 import rich.logging
@@ -70,14 +75,15 @@ def configure_output() -> None:
 
 
 def list_dependencies_and_versions() -> List[Tuple[str, str]]:
-    deps = (
-        "importlib-metadata",
+    deps = [
         "keyring",
         "pkginfo",
         "requests",
         "requests-toolbelt",
         "urllib3",
-    )
+    ]
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+        deps.append("importlib-metadata")
     return [(dep, importlib_metadata.version(dep)) for dep in deps]
 
 
diff --git a/twine/package.py b/twine/package.py
index 7283ea47..ac8e4cf1 100644
--- a/twine/package.py
+++ b/twine/package.py
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
+import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union, cast
 
-import importlib_metadata
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata
+
 import pkginfo
 from rich import print