diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f0f1a089..805ce058 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
         - test_requirements.txt
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 24.3.0
+  rev: 24.4.0
   hooks:
   - id: black
     language_version: python3
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
 
 
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.3.5
+  rev: v0.3.7
   hooks:
     - id: ruff
 
diff --git a/compliance_checker/suite.py b/compliance_checker/suite.py
index 7d922110..d261a1cc 100644
--- a/compliance_checker/suite.py
+++ b/compliance_checker/suite.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+import importlib_metadata
 import requests
 from lxml import etree as ET
 from netCDF4 import Dataset
 from owslib.sos import SensorObservationService
 from owslib.swe.sensor.sml import SensorML
 from packaging.version import parse
-from pkg_resources import working_set
 
 from compliance_checker import __version__, tempnc
 from compliance_checker.base import BaseCheck, GenericFile, Result, fix_return_value
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ def _get_generator_plugins(cls):
         """
 
         if not hasattr(cls, "suite_generators"):
-            gens = working_set.iter_entry_points("compliance_checker.generators")
-            cls.suite_generators = [x.resolve() for x in gens]
+            gens = importlib_metadata.entry_points(
+                groups="compliance_checker.generators",
+            )
+            cls.suite_generators = [x.load() for x in gens]
 
         return cls.suite_generators
 
@@ -136,7 +138,9 @@ def load_all_available_checkers(cls):
         Helper method to retrieve all sub checker classes derived from various
         base classes.
         """
-        cls._load_checkers(working_set.iter_entry_points("compliance_checker.suites"))
+        cls._load_checkers(
+            importlib_metadata.entry_points(group="compliance_checker.suites"),
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def _load_checkers(cls, checkers):
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ def _load_checkers(cls, checkers):
 
         for c in checkers:
             try:
-                check_obj = c.resolve()
+                check_obj = c.load()
                 if hasattr(check_obj, "_cc_spec") and hasattr(
                     check_obj,
                     "_cc_spec_version",
diff --git a/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py b/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
index fc6b4f94..c86cd897 100644
--- a/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/compliance_checker/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def checker_1():
         def checker_2():
             return Namespace(_cc_spec="checker_2", _cc_spec_version="2.2")
 
-        mock_checkers = [Namespace(resolve=checker_1), Namespace(resolve=checker_2)]
+        mock_checkers = [Namespace(load=checker_1), Namespace(load=checker_2)]
         with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
             CheckSuite._load_checkers(mock_checkers)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6277c633..fd3bbe9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 cf-units>=2
 cftime>=1.1.0
+importlib-metadata   # drop this when dropping Python 3.8
 importlib-resources  # drop this when dropping Python 3.8
 isodate>=0.6.1
 jinja2>=2.7.3