diff --git a/anglerfish/anglerfish.py b/anglerfish/anglerfish.py
index 9dfe5ea..3d6b582 100755
--- a/anglerfish/anglerfish.py
+++ b/anglerfish/anglerfish.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 import sys
 import uuid
 from collections import Counter
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 from itertools import groupby
 
 import Levenshtein as lev
 import numpy as np
-from setuptools import pkg_resources
 
 from .demux.demux import (
     Alignment,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 def run_demux(args):
     # Boilerplate
     multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn")
-    version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("bio-anglerfish").version
+    version = get_version("bio-anglerfish")
     run_uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
     # Parse arguments
diff --git a/anglerfish/cli.py b/anglerfish/cli.py
index a7bb20a..2f45438 100644
--- a/anglerfish/cli.py
+++ b/anglerfish/cli.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import datetime as dt
 import os
 from enum import Enum
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 from typing import Optional
 
 import typer
-from setuptools import pkg_resources
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from .anglerfish import run_demux
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class IndexOrientations(str, Enum):
 
 def version_callback(value: bool):
     if value:
-        print(f'anglerfish {pkg_resources.get_distribution("bio-anglerfish").version}')
+        print(f'anglerfish {get_version("bio-anglerfish")}')
         raise typer.Exit()