diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ae7b84a2d..1c0837497 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+from importlib import metadata
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-release = get_distribution("django-simple-history").version
+release = metadata.version("django-simple-history")
 # for example take major/minor
 version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])
 
diff --git a/simple_history/__init__.py b/simple_history/__init__.py
index e3e1ca7d0..024d89181 100644
--- a/simple_history/__init__.py
+++ b/simple_history/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+from importlib import metadata
 
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
-except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = metadata.version(__name__)
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     pass