diff --git a/manimlib/__init__.py b/manimlib/__init__.py
index 6df40dc8fd..ea7811391c 100644
--- a/manimlib/__init__.py
+++ b/manimlib/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # For Python <3.8 fallback
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError  # type: ignore
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("manimgl")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "unknown"
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("manimgl").version
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING