diff --git a/leafmap/common.py b/leafmap/common.py
index d9edc85a3f..6b39a39b59 100644
--- a/leafmap/common.py
+++ b/leafmap/common.py
@@ -2473,9 +2473,9 @@ def get_census_dict(reset=False):
         dict: A dictionary of Census data.
     """
     import json
-    import pkg_resources
+    import importlib.resources
 
-    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py"))
+    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
     census_data = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/census_data.json")
 
     if reset:
@@ -6816,10 +6816,10 @@ def create_legend(
         str: The HTML code of the legend.
     """
 
-    import pkg_resources
+    import importlib.resources
     from .legends import builtin_legends
 
-    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py"))
+    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
     legend_template = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/template/legend_style.html")
 
     if draggable:
@@ -7097,11 +7097,11 @@ def add_text_to_gif(
     """
     import io
 
-    import pkg_resources
+    import importlib.resources
     from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, ImageSequence
 
     warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py"))
+    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
     default_font = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/fonts/arial.ttf")
 
     in_gif = os.path.abspath(in_gif)
diff --git a/leafmap/examples/__init__.py b/leafmap/examples/__init__.py
index 86e21ae14b..d97efe33a2 100644
--- a/leafmap/examples/__init__.py
+++ b/leafmap/examples/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import box
 import os
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib.resources
 
-_pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py"))
+_pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
 _datasets_path = os.path.join(_pkg_dir, "examples/datasets.txt")
 _baseurl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opengeos/leafmap/master/examples/data/"
 
diff --git a/leafmap/leafmap.py b/leafmap/leafmap.py
index c942b9b27a..20718c2551 100644
--- a/leafmap/leafmap.py
+++ b/leafmap/leafmap.py
@@ -1798,12 +1798,10 @@ def add_legend(
             layer_name (str, optional): Layer name of the legend to be associated with. Defaults to None.
 
         """
-        import pkg_resources
+        import importlib.resources
         from IPython.display import display
 
-        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py")
-        )
+        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
         legend_template = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/template/legend.html")
 
         if "min_width" not in kwargs.keys():
diff --git a/leafmap/map_widgets.py b/leafmap/map_widgets.py
index af60ad1ddb..c9a5153bfe 100644
--- a/leafmap/map_widgets.py
+++ b/leafmap/map_widgets.py
@@ -204,12 +204,10 @@ def __init__(
         """
         import os  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from IPython.display import display  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-        import pkg_resources  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        import importlib.resources  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from .legends import builtin_legends  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
-        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py")
-        )
+        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
         legend_template = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/template/legend.html")
 
         if not os.path.exists(legend_template):
diff --git a/leafmap/maplibregl.py b/leafmap/maplibregl.py
index f1567e93c4..391cf808d8 100644
--- a/leafmap/maplibregl.py
+++ b/leafmap/maplibregl.py
@@ -2539,12 +2539,10 @@ def add_legend(
         Returns:
             None
         """
-        import pkg_resources
+        import importlib.resources
         from .legends import builtin_legends
 
-        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py")
-        )
+        pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
         legend_template = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/template/legend.html")
 
         if not os.path.exists(legend_template):
diff --git a/leafmap/pc.py b/leafmap/pc.py
index caaefa3e46..96c969c945 100644
--- a/leafmap/pc.py
+++ b/leafmap/pc.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def get_pc_inventory(
     Returns:
         dict: A dictionary of collections and their bands.
     """
-    import pkg_resources
+    import importlib.resources
 
-    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("leafmap", "leafmap.py"))
+    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("leafmap") / "leafmap.py")
     filepath = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "data/pc_inventory.json")
 
     if refresh:
diff --git a/leafmap/plotlymap.py b/leafmap/plotlymap.py
index 5c358bd82e..894dd039e6 100644
--- a/leafmap/plotlymap.py
+++ b/leafmap/plotlymap.py
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ def fix_widget_error() -> None:
     Adopted from: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/issues/2570#issuecomment-738735816
     """
     import shutil
-    import pkg_resources
+    import importlib.resources
 
-    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(pkg_resources.resource_filename("plotly", "plotly.py"))
+    pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(importlib.resources.files("plotly") / "plotly.py")
 
     basedatatypesPath = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "basedatatypes.py")