---
 jenkins/plugins.py |    5 +++--
 requirements.txt   |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: python-jenkins-1.8.0/jenkins/plugins.py
===================================================================
--- python-jenkins-1.8.0.orig/jenkins/plugins.py
+++ python-jenkins-1.8.0/jenkins/plugins.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import operator
 import re
 
 import pkg_resources
+import packaging.version
 
 
 class Plugin(dict):
@@ -76,14 +77,14 @@ class PluginVersion(str):
         '''Parse plugin version and store it for comparison.'''
 
         self._version = version
-        self.parsed_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(
+        self.parsed_version = packaging.version.parse(
             self.__convert_version(version))
 
     def __convert_version(self, version):
         return self._VERSION_RE.sub(r'\g<1>.preview', str(version))
 
     def __compare(self, op, version):
-        return op(self.parsed_version, pkg_resources.parse_version(
+        return op(self.parsed_version, packaging.version.parse(
             self.__convert_version(version)))
 
     def __le__(self, version):
Index: python-jenkins-1.8.0/requirements.txt
===================================================================
--- python-jenkins-1.8.0.orig/requirements.txt
+++ python-jenkins-1.8.0/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Setuptools removed support for PEP 440 non-conforming versions
-setuptools<66
+setuptools
+packaging
 six>=1.3.0
 pbr>=0.8.2
 multi_key_dict