diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b94538b84..679df9fd6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ docs-clean:  ## Clean current and legacy docs build directories
 	rm -rf docs/build
 
 $(BIN_FOLDER)/sphinx-autobuild $(BIN_FOLDER)/sphinx-build: $(BIN_FOLDER)/pip  ## Install dependencies for building docs
-	$(BIN_FOLDER)/pip install -r requirements-docs.txt
+	$(BIN_FOLDER)/pip install -r requirements-docs.txt -r requirements.txt
 
 .PHONY: docs-livehtml
 docs-livehtml: $(BIN_FOLDER)/sphinx-autobuild  ## Rebuild Sphinx documentation on changes, with live-reload in the browser
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 08cebeb6f..f4f056d22 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
 import datetime
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
@@ -34,10 +36,7 @@
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
-# TODO: There must be a way to import this from `setup.py` so we don't have to
-# update it manually for each release.
-version = "9.7.2.dev0"
-release = version
+version = release = version("plone.restapi")
 
 # -- General configuration ----------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/news/4126.bugfix b/news/4126.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..488c5838b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/4126.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace `pkg_resources` with `importlib.metadata`/`importlib.resources`/`packaging` @gforcada
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43970a09b..a6c8d20fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=[
         "setuptools",
+        "packaging",
         "python-dateutil",
         "plone.rest",  # json renderer moved to plone.restapi
         "plone.schema>=1.2.1",  # new/fixed json field
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/__init__.py b/src/plone/restapi/__init__.py
index c2cd6a1bb..5c71f91a9 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/__init__.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/__init__.py
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 from AccessControl import allow_module
 from AccessControl.Permissions import add_user_folders
 from importlib import import_module
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError
 from plone.restapi.pas import plugin
 from Products.PluggableAuthService.PluggableAuthService import registerMultiPlugin
 from zope.i18nmessageid import MessageFactory
 
-import pkg_resources
-
 
 try:
-    pkg_resources.get_distribution("plone.app.multilingual")
+    distribution("plone.app.multilingual")
     HAS_MULTILINGUAL = True
-except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     HAS_MULTILINGUAL = False
 
 _ = MessageFactory("plone.restapi")
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/services/addons/addons.py b/src/plone/restapi/services/addons/addons.py
index 974b2398e..2e808390d 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/services/addons/addons.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/services/addons/addons.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError
 from plone.memoize import view
 from plone.restapi.bbb import INonInstallable
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@
 from zope.i18n import translate
 
 import logging
-import pkg_resources
+import packaging
 
 
 try:
@@ -228,9 +230,9 @@ def get_product_version(self, product_id):
         That implementation used to fall back to getting the version.txt.
         """
         try:
-            dist = pkg_resources.get_distribution(product_id)
+            dist = distribution(product_id)
             return dist.version
-        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
             if "." in product_id:
                 return ""
         # For CMFPlacefulWorkflow we need to try Products.CMFPlacefulWorkflow.
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ def get_latest_upgrade_step(self, profile_id):
             available = self.ps.listUpgrades(profile_id, True)
             if available:  # could return empty sequence
                 latest = available[-1]
-                profile_version = max(latest["dest"], key=pkg_resources.parse_version)
+                profile_version = max(latest["dest"], key=packaging.version.parse)
         except Exception:
             pass
         return profile_version
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/services/querystringsearch/get.py b/src/plone/restapi/services/querystringsearch/get.py
index 5e2bfee45..7cd280f06 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/services/querystringsearch/get.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/services/querystringsearch/get.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from plone.restapi.bbb import IPloneSiteRoot
 from plone.restapi.deserializer import json_body
 from plone.restapi.deserializer import parse_int
@@ -10,9 +9,11 @@
 from zExceptions import BadRequest
 from zope.component import getMultiAdapter
 
+import packaging
 
-zcatalog_version = get_distribution("Products.ZCatalog").version
-if parse_version(zcatalog_version) >= parse_version("5.1"):
+
+zcatalog_version = distribution("Products.ZCatalog").version
+if packaging.version.parse(zcatalog_version) >= packaging.version.parse("5.1"):
     SUPPORT_NOT_UUID_QUERIES = True
 else:
     SUPPORT_NOT_UUID_QUERIES = False
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/services/system/get.py b/src/plone/restapi/services/system/get.py
index 5f666a5de..265ef7597 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/services/system/get.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/services/system/get.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from plone.restapi.services import Service
 
 
@@ -6,10 +7,8 @@
 except ImportError:
     from plone.app.controlpanel.overview import OverviewControlPanel
 
-import pkg_resources
 
-
-plone_restapi_version = pkg_resources.require("plone.restapi")[0].version
+plone_restapi_version = distribution("plone.restapi").version
 
 
 class SystemGet(Service):
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_content_delete.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_content_delete.py
index 15844ef59..98fa419e6 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_content_delete.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_content_delete.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
+from packaging.version import parse as version_parse
 from plone.app.testing import login
 from plone.app.testing import setRoles
 from plone.app.testing import SITE_OWNER_NAME
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 import unittest
 
 
-linkintegrity_version = get_distribution("plone.app.linkintegrity").version
-if parse_version(linkintegrity_version) >= parse_version("3.0.dev0"):
+linkintegrity_version = distribution("plone.app.linkintegrity").version
+if version_parse(linkintegrity_version) >= version_parse("3.0.dev0"):
     NEW_LINKINTEGRITY = True
 else:
     NEW_LINKINTEGRITY = False
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_documentation.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_documentation.py
index 466e308a8..c9d0acd09 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_documentation.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_documentation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from base64 import b64encode
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import timezone
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from plone import api
 from plone.app.discussion.interfaces import ICommentAddedEvent
 from plone.app.discussion.interfaces import IConversation
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@
 import io
 import json
 import os
+import pathlib
 import re
 import transaction
 import unittest
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@
 
 RESPONSE_HEADER_KEYS = ["content-type", "allow", "location"] + TUS_HEADERS
 
-
-base_path = resource_filename("plone.restapi.tests", "http-examples")
+base_path = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "http-examples")
 
 UPLOAD_DATA = b"abcdefgh"
 UPLOAD_MIMETYPE = b"text/plain"
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_search.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_search.py
index 471340994..93ba90c50 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import date
 from DateTime import DateTime
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from plone import api
 from plone.app.discussion.interfaces import IDiscussionSettings
 from plone.app.testing import SITE_OWNER_NAME
@@ -22,13 +21,14 @@
 from zope.interface import alsoProvides
 from zope.interface import noLongerProvides
 
+import packaging
 import transaction
 import unittest
 
 
-HAS_PLONE_6 = parse_version(
-    get_distribution("Products.CMFPlone").version
-) >= parse_version("6.0.0a1")
+HAS_PLONE_6 = packaging.version.parse(
+    distribution("Products.CMFPlone").version
+) >= packaging.version.parse("6.0.0a1")
 
 
 class TestSearchFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_serializer_catalog.py b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_serializer_catalog.py
index 67b0604ae..0e3339fd5 100644
--- a/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_serializer_catalog.py
+++ b/src/plone/restapi/tests/test_serializer_catalog.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from DateTime import DateTime
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from plone.dexterity.utils import createContentInContainer
 from plone.restapi.interfaces import ISerializeToJson
 from plone.restapi.interfaces import ISerializeToJsonSummary
@@ -9,12 +8,13 @@
 from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
 from zope.component import getMultiAdapter
 
+import packaging
 import unittest
 
 
-HAS_PLONE_6 = parse_version(
-    get_distribution("Products.CMFPlone").version
-) >= parse_version("6.0.0a1")
+HAS_PLONE_6 = packaging.version.parse(
+    distribution("Products.CMFPlone").version
+) >= packaging.version.parse("6.0.0a1")
 
 
 class TestCatalogSerializers(unittest.TestCase):