diff --git a/scenario_runner.py b/scenario_runner.py
index 07e635e19..c52a25018 100755
--- a/scenario_runner.py
+++ b/scenario_runner.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import argparse
 from argparse import RawTextHelpFormatter
 from datetime import datetime
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from packaging.version import Version
 import importlib
 import inspect
 import os
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 import json
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import metadata
 
 import carla
 
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ def __init__(self, args):
         # requests in the localhost at port 2000.
         self.client = carla.Client(args.host, int(args.port))
         self.client.set_timeout(self.client_timeout)
-        dist = pkg_resources.get_distribution("carla")
-        if LooseVersion(dist.version) < LooseVersion('0.9.15'):
-            raise ImportError("CARLA version 0.9.15 or newer required. CARLA version found: {}".format(dist))
+        md = metadata("carla")
+        if Version(md["Version"]) < Version('0.9.15'):
+            raise ImportError("CARLA version 0.9.15 or newer required. CARLA version found: {}".format(md["Version"]))
 
         # Load agent if requested via command line args
         # If something goes wrong an exception will be thrown by importlib (ok here)