diff --git a/cds/modules/fixtures/cli.py b/cds/modules/fixtures/cli.py
index 5576e6d69..5be2dc24e 100644
--- a/cds/modules/fixtures/cli.py
+++ b/cds/modules/fixtures/cli.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import uuid
 
 import click
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib.resources as resources
 import requests
 from flask import current_app
 from flask.cli import with_appcontext
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@
 
 
 def _load_json_source(filename):
-    """Load json fixture."""
-    source = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        "cds.modules.fixtures", "data/{0}".format(filename)
-    )
-    with open(source, "r") as fp:
+    """Load JSON fixture."""
+    with resources.files("cds.modules.fixtures").joinpath(f"data/{filename}").open(
+        "r"
+    ) as fp:
         content = json.load(fp)
     return content
 
diff --git a/cds/modules/invenio_deposit/permissions.py b/cds/modules/invenio_deposit/permissions.py
index a9f00a9e4..101b0d81d 100644
--- a/cds/modules/invenio_deposit/permissions.py
+++ b/cds/modules/invenio_deposit/permissions.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 """Permissions for deposit."""
 
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib import metadata
 from flask_principal import ActionNeed
 
 action_admin_access = ActionNeed("deposit-admin-access")
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ def admin_permission_factory():
     :returns: Permission instance.
     """
     try:
-        pkg_resources.get_distribution("invenio-access")
+        metadata.version("invenio-access")
         from invenio_access.permissions import Permission
-    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
         from flask_principal import Permission
 
     return Permission(action_admin_access)
diff --git a/cds/modules/xrootd/ext.py b/cds/modules/xrootd/ext.py
index 9ec8c75c7..907c94723 100644
--- a/cds/modules/xrootd/ext.py
+++ b/cds/modules/xrootd/ext.py
@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@
 """Initialization of XRootD."""
 
 
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+from importlib import metadata
 
 try:
-    # Import XRootDPyFS if available so opener gets registered on
-    # PyFilesystem.
-    get_distribution("xrootdpyfs")
+    # Check if xrootdpyfs is installed
+    metadata.version("xrootdpyfs")
     import xrootdpyfs  # noqa
 
     XROOTD_ENABLED = True
-except DistributionNotFound:
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
     XROOTD_ENABLED = False
     xrootdpyfs = None