diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0d47d51..fbab4aa 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 
 import os
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+import importlib.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
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ parent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-release = get_distribution('django-model-utils').version
+release = importlib.metadata.version('django-model-utils')
+
 # for example take major/minor
 version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[:2])
 
diff --git a/model_utils/__init__.py b/model_utils/__init__.py
index 691cf5c..8b02a0e 100644
--- a/model_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/model_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+import importlib.metadata
 
 from .choices import Choices  # noqa:F401
 from .tracker import FieldTracker, ModelTracker  # noqa:F401
 
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution("django-model-utils").version
-except DistributionNotFound:  # pragma: no cover
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version('django-model-utils')
+except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
     # package is not installed
     __version__ = None