diff --git a/configurations/version.py b/configurations/version.py
index 137cb24..0ff5d02 100644
--- a/configurations/version.py
+++ b/configurations/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+except ImportError:
+    from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution("django-configurations").version
-except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = version("django-configurations")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     __version__ = None
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a77b6d8..57e8faf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup(
     },
     install_requires=[
         'django>=2.2',
-        'setuptools',
+        'importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"',
     ],
     extras_require={
         'cache': ['django-cache-url'],