diff --git a/python-pydantic.changes b/python-pydantic.changes
index 37374b5..d1a2e9b 100644
--- a/python-pydantic.changes
+++ b/python-pydantic.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 19 09:20:43 UTC 2022 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch remove-pkg_resources.patch:
+  * Use packaging, not pkg_resources for versions. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 18 13:37:28 UTC 2022 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pydantic.spec b/python-pydantic.spec
index 2ad8a46..b414511 100644
--- a/python-pydantic.spec
+++ b/python-pydantic.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Summary:        Data validation and settings management using python type hintin
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic
 Source:         https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/pydantic-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         remove-pkg_resources.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module email_validator >= 1.0.3}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dotenv >= 0.10.4}
diff --git a/remove-pkg_resources.patch b/remove-pkg_resources.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27404c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove-pkg_resources.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: pydantic-1.9.1/tests/test_utils.py
+===================================================================
+--- pydantic-1.9.1.orig/tests/test_utils.py
++++ pydantic-1.9.1/tests/test_utils.py
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from copy import copy, deepcopy
+ from typing import Callable, Dict, List, NewType, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
+ 
+ import pytest
+-from pkg_resources import safe_version
++from packaging.version import Version
+ from typing_extensions import Annotated, Literal
+ 
+ from pydantic import VERSION, BaseModel, ConstrainedList, conlist
+@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def test_version_info():
+ 
+ 
+ def test_standard_version():
+-    assert safe_version(VERSION) == VERSION
++    assert str(Version(VERSION)) == VERSION
+ 
+ 
+ def test_class_attribute():