diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dd25e90..7b806d9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 url = https://github.com/pylast/pylast
 author = Amr Hassan <amr.hassan@gmail.com> and Contributors
 author_email = amr.hassan@gmail.com
+maintainer = Hugo van Kemenade
 license = Apache-2.0
 license_file = LICENSE.txt
 classifiers =
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ keywords =
 
 [options]
 packages = find:
+install_requires =
+    importlib-metadata;python_version < '3.8'
 python_requires = >=3.6
 package_dir = =src
 setup_requires =
diff --git a/src/pylast/__init__.py b/src/pylast/__init__.py
index c24cd43..43cecce 100644
--- a/src/pylast/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylast/__init__.py
@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ from http.client import HTTPSConnection
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 from xml.dom import Node, minidom
 
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    # Python 3.8+
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 3.7 and lower
+    import importlib_metadata
 
 __author__ = "Amr Hassan, hugovk, Mice Pápai"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Amr Hassan, 2013-2021 hugovk, 2017 Mice Pápai"
 __license__ = "apache2"
 __email__ = "amr.hassan@gmail.com"
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(__name__).version
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__name__)
 
 
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