diff --git a/src/cid/__init__.py b/src/cid/__init__.py
index 54b59c7..d015e4c 100644
--- a/src/cid/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cid/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib.metadata
 
-
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('django-cid').version
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version('django-cid')