diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e62771..77733d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
 
-version = '0.6.0'
+version = '0.7.0'
 
 long_description = (
     open('README.rst').read()
diff --git a/src/pmr2/wfctrl/__init__.py b/src/pmr2/wfctrl/__init__.py
index fd334ac..cfa5687 100644
--- a/src/pmr2/wfctrl/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pmr2/wfctrl/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+from importlib import metadata
+
 try:
-    from pkg_resources import Requirement
-    from pkg_resources import working_set
-    __version__ = working_set.find(Requirement.parse('pmr2.wfctrl')).version
-except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+    __version__ = metadata.version('pmr2.wfctrl')
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     __version__ = "unknown"