diff --git a/requirements/edx/doc.txt b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
index 6d28a30611a3..b88e31ba0e30 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/doc.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ backoff==1.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   analytics-python
-backports-zoneinfo[tzdata]==0.2.1
+backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   backports-zoneinfo
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 70310e65eeb9..7059ffc108f3 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ backoff==1.10.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   analytics-python
-backports-zoneinfo[tzdata]==0.2.1
+backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"
     # via
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt
     #   backports-zoneinfo