diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index 086a2fdb5a5..de1cc405592 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 import typing
 from json import dumps
 
-import pkg_resources
+from opentelemetry.sdk.version import __version__ as OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION
 
 LabelValue = typing.Union[str, bool, int, float]
 Attributes = typing.Dict[str, LabelValue]
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
 TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME = "telemetry.sdk.name"
 TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION = "telemetry.sdk.version"
 
-OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
-    "opentelemetry-sdk"
-).version
 OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES = "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES"