diff --git a/CyberSource/api_client.py b/CyberSource/api_client.py
index 8d653a91..28e92dab 100644
--- a/CyberSource/api_client.py
+++ b/CyberSource/api_client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
 import mimetypes
 import tempfile
 import threading
-import pkg_resources
+# Use stdlib importlib.metadata instead of pkg_resources: pkg_resources was
+# removed in setuptools 82, and it was the only thing pulling setuptools in at
+# runtime, so setuptools is no longer a runtime dependency.
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from datetime import date, datetime
 
@@ -105,8 +111,11 @@ def set_default_header(self, header_name, header_value):
         self.default_headers[header_name] = header_value
 
     def get_client_id(self):
-        version = pkg_resources.require("cybersource-rest-client-python")[0].version
-        return "cybs-rest-sdk-python-" + version
+        try:
+            sdk_version = version("cybersource-rest-client-python")
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
+            sdk_version = "unknown"
+        return "cybs-rest-sdk-python-" + sdk_version
     
     def remove_first_underscore(self, dict_obj):
         converted_dict_obj = {}
diff --git a/generator/cybersource-python-template/api_client.mustache b/generator/cybersource-python-template/api_client.mustache
index 51e13b84..21a35360 100644
--- a/generator/cybersource-python-template/api_client.mustache
+++ b/generator/cybersource-python-template/api_client.mustache
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ import json
 import mimetypes
 import tempfile
 import threading
-import pkg_resources
+# Use stdlib importlib.metadata instead of pkg_resources: pkg_resources was
+# removed in setuptools 82, and it was the only thing pulling setuptools in at
+# runtime, so setuptools is no longer a runtime dependency.
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.8
+    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from datetime import date, datetime
 
@@ -97,8 +103,11 @@ class ApiClient(object):
         self.default_headers[header_name] = header_value
 
     def get_client_id(self):
-        version = pkg_resources.require("cybersource-rest-client-python")[0].version
-        return "cybs-rest-sdk-python-" + version
+        try:
+            sdk_version = version("cybersource-rest-client-python")
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
+            sdk_version = "unknown"
+        return "cybs-rest-sdk-python-" + sdk_version
     
     def remove_first_underscore(self, dict_obj):
         converted_dict_obj = {}
diff --git a/generator/cybersource-python-template/requirements.mustache b/generator/cybersource-python-template/requirements.mustache
index a045933e..da4e8082 100644
--- a/generator/cybersource-python-template/requirements.mustache
+++ b/generator/cybersource-python-template/requirements.mustache
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ certifi
 pycryptodome
 PyJWT
 DateTime
-setuptools
 six
 urllib3-future
 jwcrypto
 cryptography
+importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.8"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a045933e..da4e8082 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ certifi
 pycryptodome
 PyJWT
 DateTime
-setuptools
 six
 urllib3-future
 jwcrypto
 cryptography
+importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 30d1751f..19b5d11a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
         "certifi",
         "pycryptodome",
         "DateTime",
-        "setuptools<=81.0.0",
         "six",
         "urllib3-future",
         "jwcrypto",
         "cryptography",
         "pgpy",
-        "standard-imghdr; python_version >= '3.13'"
+        "standard-imghdr; python_version >= '3.13'",
+        "importlib_metadata; python_version < '3.8'"
     ],
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,