diff --git a/linux/debian/control b/linux/debian/control
index ff457d8473d..8a9a72b6505 100644
--- a/linux/debian/control
+++ b/linux/debian/control
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-lxml,
  python3-magic,
  python3-numpy,
+ python3-packaging,
  python3-pil,
  python3-pip,
  python3-qrcode,
@@ -83,13 +84,14 @@ Package: python3-keyman-config
 Section: python
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
+ dbus-x11,
  dconf-cli,
  gir1.2-webkit2-4.1 | gir1.2-webkit2-4.0,
  keyman-engine,
  python3-bs4,
  python3-gi,
+ python3-packaging,
  python3-sentry-sdk (>= 1.1),
- dbus-x11,
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends},
 Description: Keyman for Linux configuration
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_kmp.py b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_kmp.py
index 06399c5304a..d44a84cb97c 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_kmp.py
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_kmp.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import packaging.version
 import zipfile
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
 from enum import Enum
 from shutil import rmtree
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _check_version(self, inputfile, system):
         fileVersion = secure_lookup(system, 'fileVersion')
         if not fileVersion:
             fileVersion = '7.0'
-        if parse_version(fileVersion) > parse_version(__version__):
+        if packaging.version.parse(fileVersion) > packaging.version.parse(__version__):
             logging.error("install_kmp.py: error: %s requires a newer version of Keyman (%s)",
                           inputfile, fileVersion)
             rmtree(self.packageDir)
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_window.py b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_window.py
index 686e24eac97..dda242c7e1c 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_window.py
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/install_window.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import webbrowser
+import packaging.version
 
 import gi
 
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@
     # TODO: Remove once we drop support for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal
     gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0')
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
-
 from gi.repository import Gtk, WebKit2
 
 from keyman_config import _, secure_lookup
@@ -134,11 +133,12 @@ def _show_no_pkg_error(self, kmpfile, viewkmp):
         self.checkcontinue = False
 
     def _uninstall_prev_version_if_necessary(self, keyboardid, viewkmp, installed_kmp_ver, info):
-        if not installed_kmp_ver or not secure_lookup(info, 'version', 'description'):
+        new_kmp_version = secure_lookup(info, 'version', 'description')
+        if not installed_kmp_ver or not new_kmp_version:
             return True
-        logging.info("package version %s", secure_lookup(info, 'version', 'description'))
+        logging.info("package version %s", new_kmp_version)
         logging.info("installed kmp version %s", installed_kmp_ver)
-        if parse_version(secure_lookup(info, 'version', 'description')) >= parse_version(installed_kmp_ver):
+        if packaging.version.parse(new_kmp_version) >= packaging.version.parse(installed_kmp_ver):
             return True
         response = self._show_version_message_dlg(
           viewkmp,
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/list_installed_kmp.py b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/list_installed_kmp.py
index 2b6a32acc42..2bac9c8d4ea 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/list_installed_kmp.py
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/keyman_config/list_installed_kmp.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+import packaging.version
 
 from keyman_config import secure_lookup
 from keyman_config.deprecated_decorator import deprecated
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _get_kmp_version_internal(packageId, location, previousVersion):
     kmp = get_installed_kmp(location)
     if packageId in kmp:
         version = kmp[packageId]['kmpversion']
-        if not previousVersion or parse_version(previousVersion) < parse_version(version):
+        if not previousVersion or packaging.version.parse(previousVersion) < packaging.version.parse(version):
             previousVersion = version
     return previousVersion
 
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/km-package-install b/linux/keyman-config/km-package-install
index 613e00368d0..675439ee723 100755
--- a/linux/keyman-config/km-package-install
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/km-package-install
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import argparse
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
-import requests
-import requests_cache
 import sys
 import time
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
 from zipfile import is_zipfile
+import packaging.version
+import requests
+import requests_cache
 
 from keyman_config import KeymanApiUrl, add_standard_arguments, initialize_logging, initialize_sentry, secure_lookup
 from keyman_config.get_kmp import get_keyboard_data, get_kmp, keyman_cache_dir
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(3)
         pkg_version = secure_lookup(pkgdata, 'version')
         if installed_kmp_ver and pkg_version:
-            if parse_version(installed_kmp_ver) > parse_version(pkg_version):
+            if packaging.version.parse(installed_kmp_ver) > packaging.version.parse(pkg_version):
                 if args.force:
                     logging.warning(f'km-package-install: warning: The {args.package} keyboard ' +
                                     f'is already installed with a newer version {installed_kmp_ver}. ' +
diff --git a/linux/keyman-config/setup.py b/linux/keyman-config/setup.py
index 8931241ff22..58fdbbaacaa 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-config/setup.py
+++ b/linux/keyman-config/setup.py
@@ -17,8 +17,17 @@
     zip_safe=False,  # don't install a zip
 
     install_requires=[
-        'lxml', 'numpy', 'Pillow', 'requests', 'requests-cache',
-        'python-magic', 'qrcode', 'sentry-sdk'
+        'dbus-python',
+        'lxml',
+        'numpy',
+        'packaging',
+        'pillow',
+        'PyGObject',
+        'python-magic',
+        'qrcode',
+        'requests-cache',
+        'requests',
+        'sentry-sdk',
     ],
 
     # metadata to display on PyPI