diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8419a92..9a667d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ gunicorn
 httpx
 itsdangerous
 black
+pydantic-settings
 # Temporarily, using teuthology without monkey patching the thread
 git+https://github.com/VallariAg/teuthology@teuth-api#egg=teuthology[test]
 # Original: git+https://github.com/ceph/teuthology#egg=teuthology[test]
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index b3d7e96..ff41670 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
-from pydantic import BaseSettings
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
 
 class APISettings(BaseSettings):
@@ -7,20 +7,12 @@ class APISettings(BaseSettings):
     Class for API settings.
     """
 
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env", env_file_encoding="utf-8")
     PADDLES_URL: str = "http://paddles:8080"
     # TODO: team names need to be changed below when created
     admin_team: str = "ceph"  # ceph's github team with *sudo* access to sepia
     teuth_team: str = "teuth"  # ceph's github team with access to sepia
 
-    class Config:
-        """
-        Class for Config.
-        """
-
-        # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
-        env_file = ".env"
-        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
-
 
 @lru_cache()
 def get_api_settings() -> APISettings: