diff --git a/PyPowerStore/utils/helpers.py b/PyPowerStore/utils/helpers.py
index c01c98e..8fd2a92 100644
--- a/PyPowerStore/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/PyPowerStore/utils/helpers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import Version as parse_version
 
 from PyPowerStore.utils import constants
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c1b50b4..98c1c10 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 requests==2.32.3
 urllib3==2.4.0
+packaging==26.0
+setuptools==80.10.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9480a4d..b045e7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     description="Python Library for Dell PowerStore",
     author="Ansible Team at Dell",
     author_email="ansible.team@dell.com",
-    install_requires=["urllib3>=1.26.7", "requests>=2.23.0"],
+    install_requires=["urllib3>=1.26.7", "requests>=2.23.0", "packaging>=26.0", "setuptools>=80.10.2"],
     license_files=("LICENSE",),
     classifiers=["License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License"],
     url="https://github.com/dell/python-powerstore",