diff --git a/ephemetoot/console.py b/ephemetoot/console.py
index 412744c..bfa0ccc 100644
--- a/ephemetoot/console.py
+++ b/ephemetoot/console.py
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ import yaml
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import os
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 # import funtions
 from ephemetoot import ephemetoot as func
 
 # version number from package info
-vnum = pkg_resources.require("ephemetoot")[0].version
+vnum = version("ephemetoot")
 
 parser = ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1eccd4..cc4d23a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.6"
+python = "^3.8"
 requests = "^2.22.0"
 "mastodon.py" = "^1.4.3"
 pyyaml = "^5.0"