diff --git a/proxy/common/_version.py b/proxy/common/_version.py
index 2d4fce9a28..94ae3e5090 100644
--- a/proxy/common/_version.py
+++ b/proxy/common/_version.py
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
     from ._scm_version import version as __version__  # noqa: WPS433, WPS436
     from ._scm_version import version_tuple as _ver_tup  # noqa: WPS433, WPS436
 except ImportError:     # pragma: no cover
-    from pkg_resources import get_distribution as _get_dist  # noqa: WPS433
-    __version__ = _get_dist('proxy.py').version  # noqa: WPS440
+    from importlib.metadata import version as _get_dist  # noqa: WPS433
+
+    __version__ = _get_dist("proxy.py")  # noqa: WPS440
 
 
 def _to_int_or_str(inp: str) -> Union[int, str]:    # pragma: no cover