diff --git a/starfile/writer.py b/starfile/writer.py
index 754b5ae..43e5e6e 100644
--- a/starfile/writer.py
+++ b/starfile/writer.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union, Dict, List
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import pandas as pd
 from pkg_resources import get_distribution
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from os import PathLike
 
-__version__ = get_distribution("starfile").version
+__version__ = version("starfile")
 
 
 class StarWriter: