diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68d12b805fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Shellcheck
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+    - 'release/*'
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  shellcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install shellcheck
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install --assume-yes shellcheck
+
+      - name: Run shellcheck
+        run: find . -name \*.sh | xargs shellcheck --severity=warning
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 3dcf0e5cf62..2a3c920b45d 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
 build:
-  image: latest
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  tools:
+    python: "3.8"
 
 python:
-  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: docs-requirements.txt
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml b/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
index 3f8f070992d..5348cf658b1 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "Deprecated >= 1.2.6",
     # FIXME This should be able to be removed after 3.12 is released if there is a reliable API
     # in importlib.metadata.
-    "importlib-metadata >= 6.0, <= 7.0",
+    "importlib-metadata >= 6.0, <= 7.1",
 ]
 dynamic = [
     "version",