diff --git a/fimfarchive/utils.py b/fimfarchive/utils.py
index 633948c..e9d5e3b 100644
--- a/fimfarchive/utils.py
+++ b/fimfarchive/utils.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import json
 import os
 import shutil
 from functools import partial
+from importlib_resources import read_binary, read_text
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union
-from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ class ResourceLoader:
         if binary is None:
             binary = self.binary
 
-        data = resource_string(self.package, name)
-
         if binary:
-            return data
+            return read_binary(self.package, name)
         else:
-            return data.decode()
+            return read_text(self.package, name)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4d3d6e..8850eed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ blinker
 boltons
 flake8
 git+https://github.com/qvantel/jsonapi-client.git
+importlib_resources
 jmespath
 mypy
 pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2dbd1e6..3d63e3d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ setup(
         'bbcode',
         'blinker',
         'boltons',
+        'importlib_resources',
         'jmespath',
         'jsonapi-client',
         'requests',