diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc08916..831f430 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
diff --git a/tdworkflow/__init__.py b/tdworkflow/__init__.py
index 8f7a5cf..20fa48f 100644
--- a/tdworkflow/__init__.py
+++ b/tdworkflow/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from . import (
     attempt,
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 )
 
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(__name__).version
-except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = version("tdworkflow")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     pass