diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ce903b26..3e4e1955 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
         raise SystemExit('ERROR: zabbix-cli needs at least python 3.6 to work')
 
-    install_requires = ['requests']
+    install_requires = ['requests', 'packaging']
 
     #
     # Setup
diff --git a/zabbix_cli/cli.py b/zabbix_cli/cli.py
index 93adf725..b6c5c5d9 100644
--- a/zabbix_cli/cli.py
+++ b/zabbix_cli/cli.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #
 import cmd
 import datetime
-import distutils.version
 import glob
 import hashlib
 import ipaddress
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@
 import textwrap
 import time
 
+from packaging.version import Version
+
 import zabbix_cli
 import zabbix_cli.apiutils
 import zabbix_cli.utils
@@ -4935,8 +4936,8 @@ def do_acknowledge_event(self, args):
             return False
 
         # Hotfix for Zabbix 4.0 compability
-        api_version = distutils.version.StrictVersion(self.zapi.api_version())
-        if api_version >= distutils.version.StrictVersion("4.0"):
+        api_version = Version(self.zapi.api_version())
+        if api_version >= Version("4.0"):
             if close == 'false':
                 action = 6  # "Add message" and "Acknowledge"
             elif close == 'true':
@@ -5050,8 +5051,8 @@ def do_acknowledge_trigger_last_event(self, args):
                 event_ids.append(data[0]['eventid'])
 
             # Hotfix for Zabbix 4.0 compability
-            api_version = distutils.version.StrictVersion(self.zapi.api_version())
-            if api_version >= distutils.version.StrictVersion("4.0"):
+            api_version = Version(self.zapi.api_version())
+            if api_version >= Version("4.0"):
                 if close == 'false':
                     action = 6  # "Add message" and "Acknowledge"
                 elif close == 'true':