diff --git a/tiingo/api.py b/tiingo/api.py
index dca1a22..72e0dae 100644
--- a/tiingo/api.py
+++ b/tiingo/api.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import pkg_resources
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 import requests
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@
     MissingRequiredArgumentError,
 )
 
+from tiingo.__version__ import __version__ as VERSION
+
 try:
     import pandas as pd
 
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@
 except ImportError:
     pandas_is_installed = False
 
-VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution("tiingo").version
-
 
 # These methods enable python 2 + 3 compatibility.
 def get_zipfile_from_response(response):