diff --git a/src/stopit/__init__.py b/src/stopit/__init__.py
index 6ca0180..bbf7068 100644
--- a/src/stopit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/stopit/__init__.py
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@
 Public resources from ``stopit``
 """
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 from .utils import LOG, TimeoutException
-from .threadstop import ThreadingTimeout, async_raise, threading_timeoutable
-from .signalstop import SignalTimeout, signal_timeoutable
 
-# PEP 396 style version marker
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(__name__).version
-except:
-    LOG.warning("Could not get the package version from pkg_resources")
-    __version__ = 'unknown'
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+    __version__ = version(__name__)
+except Exception:
+    # pkg_resources is deprecated as of Python 3.12 and no longer available for
+    # import by default.
+    try:
+        import pkg_resources
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.warning(
+            "Could not get the package version from importlib or pkg_resources")
+        __version__ = 'unknown'
+    else:
+        __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution(__name__).version
+
+from .threadstop import ThreadingTimeout, async_raise, threading_timeoutable
+from .signalstop import SignalTimeout, signal_timeoutable
 
 __all__ = (
     'ThreadingTimeout', 'async_raise', 'threading_timeoutable',