diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index b0346327319..f73e88bc0c8 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ NEXT_PATCH=$(echo $NEXT_FULL_TAG | awk '{split($0, a, "."); print a[3]}')
 NEXT_SHORT_TAG=${NEXT_MAJOR}.${NEXT_MINOR}
 
 # Need to distutils-normalize the versions for some use cases
-CURRENT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${CURRENT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
-NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
-PATCH_PEP440=$(python -c "from setuptools.extern import packaging; print(packaging.version.Version('${NEXT_PATCH}'))")
+CURRENT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${CURRENT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}'))")
+PATCH_PEP440=$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('${NEXT_PATCH}'))")
 
 echo "Preparing release $CURRENT_TAG => $NEXT_FULL_TAG"