diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
index f603a89f7f5..e53f6acf38f 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py
@@ -1405,6 +1405,9 @@ class PathFinder:
         # https://bugs.python.org/issue45703
         _NamespacePath._epoch += 1
 
+        from importlib.metadata import MetadataPathFinder
+        MetadataPathFinder.invalidate_caches()
+
     @staticmethod
     def _path_hooks(path):
         """Search sys.path_hooks for a finder for 'path'."""
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
index bbdbceebe75..7b2858f8621 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ class MetadataPathFinder(DistributionFinder):
             path.search(prepared) for path in map(FastPath, paths)
         )
 
+    @classmethod
     def invalidate_caches(cls):
         FastPath.__new__.cache_clear()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00168632429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-14-10-01-23.gh-issue-116811._h5iKP.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+In ``PathFinder.invalidate_caches``, delegate to
+``MetadataPathFinder.invalidate_caches``.