diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index dca729789..b7d0b077a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Unreleased Changes
     * Removed the ``utils`` functions ``array_equals_nodata``,
       ``exponential_decay_kernel_raster``, and ``gaussian_decay_kernel_raster``,
       which were obsoleted by new ``pygeoprocessing`` features.
+    * Version metadata at import time is now fetched with
+      ``importlib.metadata`` instead of ``pkg_resources``.
+      (`#1442 <https://github.com/natcap/invest/issues/1442>`_)
 * Pollination
     * Replaced custom kernel implementation with ``pygeoprocessing.kernels``.
       Convolution results may be slightly different (more accurate).
diff --git a/src/natcap/invest/__init__.py b/src/natcap/invest/__init__.py
index 1171e28ca..3ecba007e 100644
--- a/src/natcap/invest/__init__.py
+++ b/src/natcap/invest/__init__.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 """init module for natcap.invest."""
+import importlib.metadata
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
 from gettext import translation
 
 import babel
-import pkg_resources
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('natcap.invest')
 LOGGER.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 __all__ = ['local_dir', ]
 
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(__name__).version
-except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version('natcap.invest')
+except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed.  Log the exception for debugging.
     LOGGER.exception('Could not load natcap.invest version information')