diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 36ab7252117..5859ebde953 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ function sed_runner() {
 echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > VERSION
 
 # Need to distutils-normalize the original version
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
-NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG}'))")
 
 DEPENDENCIES=(
   cudf