diff --git a/f5_cccl/api.py b/f5_cccl/api.py
index 2311987..69f0129 100644
--- a/f5_cccl/api.py
+++ b/f5_cccl/api.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 """F5 Common Controller Core Library to read, diff and apply BIG-IP config."""
 
 import logging
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib.resources
 
 from f5_cccl.bigip import BigIPProxy
 from f5_cccl.service.manager import ServiceManager
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def __init__(self, bigip, partition, user_agent=None, prefix=None,
                                        prefix=prefix)
 
         if schema_path is None:
-            schema_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(resource_package,
-                                                          ltm_api_schema)
+            schema_path = str(
+                importlib.resources.files(resource_package).joinpath(ltm_api_schema))
         self._service_manager = ServiceManager(self._bigip_proxy,
                                                partition,
                                                schema_path)
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@ def get_statistics(self):
         """
         statistics = {}
 
-        return statistics
+        return statistics
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup_requirements.txt b/setup_requirements.txt
index f69d1f2..1d3817c 100644
--- a/setup_requirements.txt
+++ b/setup_requirements.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ six==1.12.0
 attrs==18.2.0
 cffi==1.15.0
 pyrsistent==0.14.11
-setuptools==78.1.1
+setuptools==82.0.1