diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python.py b/test/lint/lint-python.py
index 539d0acb5d5..6010c787cb9 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-python.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-python.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 """
 
 import os
-import pkg_resources
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+from importlib.metadata import metadata, PackageNotFoundError
+
+
 DEPS = ['flake8', 'lief', 'mypy', 'pyzmq']
 MYPY_CACHE_DIR = f"{os.getenv('BASE_ROOT_DIR', '')}/test/.mypy_cache"
 
@@ -99,10 +101,10 @@
 
 
 def check_dependencies():
-    working_set = {pkg.key for pkg in pkg_resources.working_set}
-
     for dep in DEPS:
-        if dep not in working_set:
+        try:
+            metadata(dep)
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
             print(f"Skipping Python linting since {dep} is not installed.")
             exit(0)