diff --git a/docs/source/upcoming_release_notes/403-mnt_dep_pkg_resources.rst b/docs/source/upcoming_release_notes/403-mnt_dep_pkg_resources.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b2883f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/upcoming_release_notes/403-mnt_dep_pkg_resources.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+403 mnt_dep_pkg_resources
+#########################
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+- N/A
+
+Features
+--------
+- N/A
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- N/A
+
+Maintenance
+-----------
+- replace deprecated pkg_resources.working_set with importlib.metadata.distributions
+
+Contributors
+------------
+- tangkong
diff --git a/hutch_python/env_version.py b/hutch_python/env_version.py
index e109c2a9..d3752e05 100644
--- a/hutch_python/env_version.py
+++ b/hutch_python/env_version.py
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib.metadata
 import logging
 import os
 import os.path
 import pkgutil
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _dev_ignore_list = ['ami', 'pdsapp']
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ def log_env() -> None:
 def dump_env() -> list[str]:
     """
     Get all packages and versions from the current environment.
-    conda list is slow, use pkg_resources instead
+    conda list is slow, use importlib.metadata.distributions instead
     this might miss dev overrides
     """
-    return sorted(str(pkg) for pkg in pkg_resources.working_set)
+    return sorted(str(dist.name) for dist in importlib.metadata.distributions())
 
 
 def get_conda_env_name() -> str: