diff --git a/docs/build.py b/docs/build.py
index 348d378..d280f02 100644
--- a/docs/build.py
+++ b/docs/build.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # requires-python = ">=3.12"
 # dependencies = [
 #     "higlass-python",
-#     "markupsafe==2.0.1",
-#     "setuptools",
+#     "packaging",
 #     "sphinx-js",
 #     "Sphinx",
 # ]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5fd84d5..76a3b89 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, directives
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 from higlass import __version__
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = parse_version(__version__).base_version
+version = Version(__version__).base_version
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = __version__