diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6da73cd..e4ad27b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@ dependencies = []
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-mypy = [
-    "types-setuptools",
-    "types-pkg-resources",
-]
+mypy = []
 test = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-mock",
     "httpretty",
-    "types-setuptools",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/mxdev/config.py b/src/mxdev/config.py
index bf8e3f7..eb0bbfd 100644
--- a/src/mxdev/config.py
+++ b/src/mxdev/config.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
             if line:
                 self.ignore_keys.append(line)
 
-        def is_ns_member(name):
+        def is_ns_member(name) -> bool:
             for hook in hooks:
                 if name.startswith(hook.namespace):
                     return True
diff --git a/src/mxdev/entry_points.py b/src/mxdev/entry_points.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d48ea34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mxdev/entry_points.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# this is a helper to load entrypoints with importlib, since pkg_resources
+# is deprecated. In Python 3.12 an API incompatible change was introduced,
+# so this code is that ugly now.
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+
+
+try:
+    # do we have Python 3.12+?
+    from importlib.metadata import EntryPoints  # type: ignore # noqa: F401
+
+    HAS_IMPORTLIB_ENTRYPOINTS = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_IMPORTLIB_ENTRYPOINTS = False
+
+
+def load_eps_by_group(group: str) -> list:
+    if HAS_IMPORTLIB_ENTRYPOINTS:
+        eps = entry_points(group=group)  # type: ignore
+    else:
+        eps_base = entry_points()
+        if group not in eps_base:
+            return []
+        eps = eps_base[group]
+    # XXX: for some reasons entry points are loaded twice. not sure if this
+    #      is a glitch when installing with uv or something related to
+    #      importlib.metadata.entry_points
+    return list(eps)  # type: ignore
diff --git a/src/mxdev/hooks.py b/src/mxdev/hooks.py
index 153a8d7..a5de768 100644
--- a/src/mxdev/hooks.py
+++ b/src/mxdev/hooks.py
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+from .entry_points import load_eps_by_group
 from .state import State
-from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
 
 import typing
 
 
+try:
+    # do we have Python 3.12+
+    from importlib.metadata import EntryPoints  # type: ignore # noqa: F401
+
+    HAS_IMPORTLIB_ENTRYPOINTS = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_IMPORTLIB_ENTRYPOINTS = False
+
+
 class Hook:
     """Entry point for hooking into mxdev."""
 
@@ -18,11 +27,12 @@ def write(self, state: State) -> None:
 
 
 def load_hooks() -> list:
-    return [ep.load()() for ep in iter_entry_points("mxdev") if ep.name == "hook"]
+    return [ep.load()() for ep in load_eps_by_group("mxdev") if ep.name == "hook"]
 
 
 def read_hooks(state: State, hooks: typing.List[Hook]) -> None:
     for hook in hooks:
+        breakpoint()
         hook.read(state)
 
 
diff --git a/src/mxdev/tests/test_common.py b/src/mxdev/tests/test_common.py
index 5fa6de9..d96a744 100644
--- a/src/mxdev/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/src/mxdev/tests/test_common.py
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ def test_WorkingCopies_process(mocker, caplog):
 def test_WorkingCopies_checkout(mocker, caplog, tmpdir):
     caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
 
-    class SysExit(Exception):
-        ...
+    class SysExit(Exception): ...
 
     class Exit:
         def __call__(self, code):
diff --git a/src/mxdev/vcs/common.py b/src/mxdev/vcs/common.py
index f4a5106..46f6b0c 100644
--- a/src/mxdev/vcs/common.py
+++ b/src/mxdev/vcs/common.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+from ..entry_points import load_eps_by_group
+
 import abc
 import logging
 import os
-import pkg_resources
 import platform
 import queue
 import re
@@ -93,20 +94,16 @@ def should_update(self, **kwargs) -> bool:
         return update
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def checkout(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[str, None]:
-        ...
+    def checkout(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[str, None]: ...
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def status(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[typing.Tuple[str, str], str]:
-        ...
+    def status(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[typing.Tuple[str, str], str]: ...
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def matches(self) -> bool:
-        ...
+    def matches(self) -> bool: ...
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def update(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[str, None]:
-        ...
+    def update(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Union[str, None]: ...
 
 
 def yesno(
@@ -151,12 +148,12 @@ def get_workingcopytypes() -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Type[BaseWorkingCopy]]:
         return _workingcopytypes
     group = "mxdev.workingcopytypes"
     addons = {}
-    for entrypoint in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(group=group):
+    for entrypoint in load_eps_by_group(group):
         key = entrypoint.name
         workingcopytype = entrypoint.load()
         if not entrypoint.dist:
             continue
-        if entrypoint.dist.project_name == "mxdev":
+        if entrypoint.dist.name == "mxdev":
             _workingcopytypes[key] = workingcopytype
             continue
         if key in addons: