diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/cli.py b/sdk/python/feast/cli.py
index 8c2c326b59..53c346b6eb 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/cli.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/cli.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 import click
-import pkg_resources
 import yaml
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from dateutil import parser
+from importlib_metadata import version as importlib_version
 from pygments import formatters, highlight, lexers
 
 from feast import utils
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def format_options(self, ctx: click.Context, formatter: click.HelpFormatter):
 )
 @click.option(
     "--log-level",
-    default="info",
+    default="warning",
     help="The logging level. One of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL (case-insensitive).",
 )
 @click.option(
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def version():
     """
     Display Feast SDK version
     """
-    print(f'Feast SDK Version: "{pkg_resources.get_distribution("feast")}"')
+    print(f'Feast SDK Version: "{importlib_version("feast")}"')
 
 
 @cli.command()
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/file_source.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/file_source.py
index d8522fb445..ac824b359f 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/file_source.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/file_source.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def get_table_column_names_and_types(
         # Adding support for different file format path
         # based on S3 filesystem
         if filesystem is None:
-            schema = ParquetDataset(path).schema
+            schema = ParquetDataset(path, use_legacy_dataset=False).schema
             if hasattr(schema, "names") and hasattr(schema, "types"):
                 # Newer versions of pyarrow doesn't have this method,
                 # but this field is good enough.
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/proto_json.py b/sdk/python/feast/proto_json.py
index a0a4dce86b..41d2afa55a 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/proto_json.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/proto_json.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import uuid
 from typing import Any, Callable, Type
 
-import pkg_resources
 from google.protobuf.json_format import (  # type: ignore
     _WKTJSONMETHODS,
     ParseError,
     _Parser,
     _Printer,
 )
+from importlib_metadata import version as importlib_version
 from packaging import version
 
 from feast.protos.feast.serving.ServingService_pb2 import FeatureList
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def from_json_object_updated(
 
     # https://github.com/feast-dev/feast/issues/2484 Certain feast users need a higher version of protobuf but the
     # parameters of `from_json_object` changes in feast 3.20.1. This change gives users flexibility to use earlier versions.
-    current_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("protobuf").version
+    current_version = importlib_version("protobuf")
     if version.parse(current_version) < version.parse("3.20"):
         _patch_proto_json_encoding(Value, to_json_object, from_json_object)
     else:
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def from_json_object(
 
     # https://github.com/feast-dev/feast/issues/2484 Certain feast users need a higher version of protobuf but the
     # parameters of `from_json_object` changes in feast 3.20.1. This change gives users flexibility to use earlier versions.
-    current_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("protobuf").version
+    current_version = importlib_version("protobuf")
     if version.parse(current_version) < version.parse("3.20"):
         _patch_proto_json_encoding(RepeatedValue, to_json_object, from_json_object)
     else:
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def from_json_object_updated(
 
     # https://github.com/feast-dev/feast/issues/2484 Certain feast users need a higher version of protobuf but the
     # parameters of `from_json_object` changes in feast 3.20.1. This change gives users flexibility to use earlier versions.
-    current_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("protobuf").version
+    current_version = importlib_version("protobuf")
     if version.parse(current_version) < version.parse("3.20"):
         _patch_proto_json_encoding(FeatureList, to_json_object, from_json_object)
     else:
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/ui_server.py b/sdk/python/feast/ui_server.py
index e750f280ad..9950eea070 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/ui_server.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/ui_server.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import threading
 from typing import Callable, Optional
 
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib_resources
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Response
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -51,20 +51,21 @@ def shutdown_event():
 
     async_refresh()
 
-    ui_dir = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "ui/build/")
-    # Initialize with the projects-list.json file
-    with open(ui_dir + "projects-list.json", mode="w") as f:
-        projects_dict = {
-            "projects": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Project",
-                    "description": "Test project",
-                    "id": project_id,
-                    "registryPath": f"{root_path}/registry",
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-        f.write(json.dumps(projects_dict))
+    ui_dir_ref = importlib_resources.files(__name__) / "ui/build/"
+    with importlib_resources.as_file(ui_dir_ref) as ui_dir:
+        # Initialize with the projects-list.json file
+        with ui_dir.joinpath("projects-list.json").open(mode="w") as f:
+            projects_dict = {
+                "projects": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "Project",
+                        "description": "Test project",
+                        "id": project_id,
+                        "registryPath": f"{root_path}/registry",
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+            f.write(json.dumps(projects_dict))
 
     @app.get("/registry")
     def read_registry():
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-ci-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-ci-requirements.txt
index a59553b4ac..3192a15472 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-ci-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-ci-requirements.txt
@@ -366,7 +366,10 @@ imagesize==1.4.1
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     # via
     #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
     #   great-expectations
+importlib-resources==6.0.1
+    # via feast (setup.py)
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 ipykernel==6.25.2
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-requirements.txt
index 4140bea9d0..0ebc485d6d 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.10-requirements.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ idna==3.4
     #   httpx
     #   requests
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0
-    # via dask
+    # via
+    #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
+importlib-resources==6.0.1
+    # via feast (setup.py)
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via feast (setup.py)
 jsonschema==4.19.0
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-ci-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-ci-requirements.txt
index b24172e890..a5acaf55d4 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-ci-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-ci-requirements.txt
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
     #   great-expectations
     #   jupyter-client
     #   jupyter-lsp
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     #   sphinx
 importlib-resources==6.0.1
     # via
+    #   feast (setup.py)
     #   jsonschema
     #   jsonschema-specifications
     #   jupyterlab
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   mypy
-mypy-protobuf==3.1
+mypy-protobuf==3.1.0
     # via feast (setup.py)
 mysqlclient==2.2.0
     # via feast (setup.py)
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-requirements.txt
index 636f886133..cccff07b7d 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.8-requirements.txt
@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ idna==3.4
     #   httpx
     #   requests
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0
-    # via dask
+    # via
+    #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
 importlib-resources==6.0.1
     # via
+    #   feast (setup.py)
     #   jsonschema
     #   jsonschema-specifications
 jinja2==3.1.2
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ mypy==1.5.1
     # via sqlalchemy
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
-mypy-protobuf==3.1
+mypy-protobuf==3.1.0
     # via feast (setup.py)
 numpy==1.24.4
     # via
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-ci-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-ci-requirements.txt
index ad19f9e8bd..121a768abc 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-ci-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-ci-requirements.txt
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
     #   great-expectations
     #   jupyter-client
     #   jupyter-lsp
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     #   jupyterlab-server
     #   nbconvert
     #   sphinx
+importlib-resources==6.0.1
+    # via feast (setup.py)
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 ipykernel==6.25.2
@@ -1080,7 +1083,9 @@ xmltodict==0.13.0
 yarl==1.9.2
     # via aiohttp
 zipp==3.16.2
-    # via importlib-metadata
+    # via
+    #   importlib-metadata
+    #   importlib-resources
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip
diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-requirements.txt
index 7d30fd3452..a95bcd3524 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements/py3.9-requirements.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ idna==3.4
     #   httpx
     #   requests
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0
-    # via dask
+    # via
+    #   dask
+    #   feast (setup.py)
+importlib-resources==6.0.1
+    # via feast (setup.py)
 jinja2==3.1.2
     # via feast (setup.py)
 jsonschema==4.19.0
@@ -214,7 +218,9 @@ watchfiles==0.20.0
 websockets==11.0.3
     # via uvicorn
 zipp==3.16.2
-    # via importlib-metadata
+    # via
+    #   importlib-metadata
+    #   importlib-resources
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # setuptools
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 573ab54d51..cd202c9c06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
     "bowler",  # Needed for automatic repo upgrades
     # FastAPI does not correctly pull starlette dependency on httpx see thread(https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/5656).
     "httpx>=0.23.3",
+    "importlib-resources>=6.0.0,<7",
+    "importlib_metadata>=6.8.0,<7"
 ]
 
 GCP_REQUIRED = [