diff --git a/wikidataintegrator/__init__.py b/wikidataintegrator/__init__.py
index e300a17..5f72f73 100644
--- a/wikidataintegrator/__init__.py
+++ b/wikidataintegrator/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
 
 import wikidataintegrator.wdi_core
 import wikidataintegrator.wdi_fastrun
@@ -8,6 +11,6 @@
 import wikidataintegrator.wdi_rdf
 
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("wikidataintegrator").version
-except Exception as e:
+    __version__ = version("wikidataintegrator")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wikidataintegrator/wdi_config.py b/wikidataintegrator/wdi_config.py
index 5e9af8e..053efcb 100644
--- a/wikidataintegrator/wdi_config.py
+++ b/wikidataintegrator/wdi_config.py
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 USER_AGENT_DEFAULT: default user agent string used for http requests. Both to wikibase api, query service and others.
     See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy
 """
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
 
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("wikidataintegrator").version
-except Exception as e:
+    __version__ = version("wikidataintegrator")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = ""
 
 config = {