diff --git a/babelizer/cli.py b/babelizer/cli.py
index 1659b8f5..a408e6b8 100644
--- a/babelizer/cli.py
+++ b/babelizer/cli.py
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@
 import fnmatch
 import os
 import pathlib
+import sys
 import tempfile
 from functools import partial
 
 import click
 import git
-import pkg_resources
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):  # pragma: no cover (PY12+)
+    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
+else:  # pragma: no cover (<PY312)
+    import importlib_resources
+
 
 from .errors import OutputDirExistsError, ScanError, SetupPyError, ValidationError
 from .metadata import BabelMetadata
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ def init(meta, template, quiet, verbose, package_version):
     META is babelizer configuration information, usually saved to a file.
     """
     output = pathlib.Path(".")
-    template = template or pkg_resources.resource_filename("babelizer", "data")
+    template = template or str(importlib_resources.files("babelizer") / "data")
 
     if not quiet:
         out(f"reading template from {template}")
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ def update(template, quiet, verbose):
         err("this does not appear to be a babelized folder (missing 'babel.yaml')")
         raise click.Abort()
 
-    template = template or pkg_resources.resource_filename("babelizer", "data")
+    template = template or str(importlib_resources.files("babelizer") / "data")
 
     if not quiet:
         out(f"reading template from {template}")
diff --git a/babelizer/render.py b/babelizer/render.py
index c8069ac1..edfa45bb 100644
--- a/babelizer/render.py
+++ b/babelizer/render.py
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 import contextlib
 import os
 import pathlib
+import sys
 
 import black as blk
 import git
 import isort
-import pkg_resources
 import tomlkit as toml
 from cookiecutter.exceptions import OutputDirExistsException
 from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):  # pragma: no cover (PY12+)
+    import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
+else:  # pragma: no cover (<PY312)
+    import importlib_resources
+
 from .errors import OutputDirExistsError, RenderError
 
 
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ def render(plugin_metadata, output, template=None, clobber=False, version="0.1")
         Raised if output directory exists and clobber is not set.
     """
     if template is None:
-        template = pkg_resources.resource_filename("babelizer", "data")
+        template = str(importlib_resources.files("babelizer") / "data")
 
     try:
         path = render_plugin_repo(
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0fd7a70f..7330a0f9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import sys
 
-import pkg_resources
+from babelizer._version import __version__
 
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 project = "babelizer"
 author = "Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System"
-version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("babelizer").version
+version = __version__
 release = version
 this_year = datetime.date.today().year
 copyright = f"{this_year}, {author}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 821c8b8d..d9ba764a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "click",
     "cookiecutter",
     "gitpython",
+    "importlib-resources; python_version < '3.12'",
     "isort>=5",
     "pyyaml",
     "tomlkit",