diff --git a/src/unitpy/__init__.py b/src/unitpy/__init__.py
index 00f017d..a8a1376 100644
--- a/src/unitpy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/unitpy/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from unitpy.config import CONFIG
 import unitpy.errors as errors
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 __all__ = ("Unit", "Quantity", "U", "Q")
 
 # single-sourcing the package version
-__version__ = pkg_resources.require("unitpy")[0].version
+__version__ = version("unitpy")