diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 312fe0d..a0bfc2e 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ appdirs==1.4.4
     # via fs
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
-    # via django
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   django
 boto3==1.34.154
     # via fs-s3fs
 botocore==1.34.154
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index d91704b..6704fb8 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 
 # Common constraints for edx repos
 -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edx/edx-lint/master/edx_lint/files/common_constraints.txt
+
+# This package should only be intalled and only works on python 3.9 and below
+# since it is a backport of the standard library zoneinfo module
+backports.zoneinfo==0.2.1; python_version<"3.9"
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 14386a0..8f14669 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ astroid==3.2.4
     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
     #   pylint
     #   pylint-celery
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/quality.txt
     #   django
 binaryornot==0.4.4
diff --git a/requirements/doc.txt b/requirements/doc.txt
index cc245f0..3737094 100644
--- a/requirements/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ babel==2.15.0
     #   sphinx
 backports-tarfile==1.2.0
     # via jaraco-context
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
diff --git a/requirements/quality.txt b/requirements/quality.txt
index a00fe93..1999c25 100644
--- a/requirements/quality.txt
+++ b/requirements/quality.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ astroid==3.2.4
     # via
     #   pylint
     #   pylint-celery
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django
 binaryornot==0.4.4
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 6f2d0ee..d25bfa4 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ asgiref==3.8.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1
+backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   django
 binaryornot==0.4.4