diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index c953ad0317..e234e1401f 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ NEXT_MINOR=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[2]}')
 NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
 
 # Need to distutils-normalize the original version
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
 
 echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"