diff --git a/changelog/5229.bugfix.rst b/changelog/5229.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..948ac6509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5229.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Require ``pluggy>=0.11.0`` which reverts a dependency to ``importlib-metadata`` added in ``0.10.0``.
+The ``importlib-metadata`` package cannot be imported when installed as an egg and causes issues when relying on ``setup.py`` to install test dependencies.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a924d4aba..08c559c93 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
     'funcsigs>=1.0;python_version<"3.0"',
     'pathlib2>=2.2.0;python_version<"3.6"',
     'colorama;sys_platform=="win32"',
-    "pluggy>=0.9",
+    "pluggy>=0.11",
 ]