diff --git a/pyworld/__init__.py b/pyworld/__init__.py
index 73ba9e3..72eb6da 100644
--- a/pyworld/__init__.py
+++ b/pyworld/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('pyworld').version
+__version__ = version("pyworld")
 
 from .pyworld import *