diff --git a/pykeepass/version.py b/pykeepass/version.py
index a0af0fd..c408a4e 100644
--- a/pykeepass/version.py
+++ b/pykeepass/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import importlib.metadata
-
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version('pykeepass')
 __all__= ["__version__"]
+
+# FIXME: switch to using importlib.metadata when dropping Python<=3.7
+import pkg_resources
+__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('pykeepass').version